The Round Mountain Decline is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,562 Feet (2,000 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.7114, -117.08190
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Round Mountain Decline MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Round Mountain Decline
Secondary: Round Mountain Placers
Secondary: Round Mountain Mine
Secondary: Round Mountain Mill
Secondary: Smoky Valley Operations
Secondary: Smoky Valley Common Operations
Secondary: Sunnyside Pit
Secondary: Southeast Pit
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Round Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. S. Redpath Corp.
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1991 -
Owner Name: Round Mountain Gold Corp.
Company ID: 2600594
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1991 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 70.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 10-K.
Reference (Deposit): ECHO BAY MINES, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 10-K REPORT.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
