Hansen Creek Pit

Site Name

Primary: Hansen Creek Pit
Secondary: Getchell Undg/Turquoise Ridge
Secondary: Getchell Mine
Secondary: Getchell Sec 5 Pit 0320130014
Secondary: Getchell Sec 4 Pit 0320130709
Secondary: Getchell Mill 0320139014
Secondary: Valmy Pit See Trenton Canyon
Secondary: North Pit
Secondary: Main Pit
Secondary: Bud Hill

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Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District

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Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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.

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Holdings

Type: Other
Type: Minerals Only
Type: Located Claim

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Workings

Type: Surface

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Ownership

Owner Name: First Mississippi Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1987

Owner Name: Firstmiss Gold, Inc.
Company ID: 2670145
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1991 - 1997

Owner Name: Getchell Gold Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1997 -

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Production

Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 199237 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 243826 Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production 210465 Oz/Yr
Year: 1991
Description: Gold Production 200958 Oz
Year: 1990
Description: Mill 3,845,386 Gm Au 794590 Metrin Ton Ore/Yr
Year: 1990
Description: Heap Leach 970,211 Gm Au 947349 Metric Ton Ore/Yr
Year: 1989
Description: Mill 1,262,579 Gm Au 219442 Metric Ton Ore/Yr
Year: 1989
Description: Heap Leach 568,883 Gm Au 569709 Metric Ton Ore/Yr
Year: 1988
Description: Heap Leach 606,518 Gm Au 327492 Metric Ton Ore/Yr
Year: 1987
Description: Heap Leach 503,876 Gm Au 272154 Metric Ton Ore/Yr
Year: 1986
Description: Heap Leach Gold 314145 Grams
Year: 1985
Description: Heap Leach Gold 3120 Grams

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1934
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Marcasite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Chabazite
Unknown: Calcite

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Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): UNDERGROUND PRODUCTION EXPECTED IN LATE 1994.

Comment (Ownership): IN JUNE 1996 FIRSTMISS GOLD INC. CHANGED ITS NAME TO GETCHELL GOLD CORPORATION.

Comment (Geology): LINE ONE IS GOUGE (QTZ. CARBON,CLAY); LINE TWO IS ARGILLITE (SHEARED AND REPLACED BY GOUGE);LINES 4 & 5 PORPHYRY DIKES

Comment (Geology): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL ORE ALSO CONTROLLED BY FRACTURING AND LITHOLOGY. STRIKE AND DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE; N25W:45-90E. MINERALIZED ZONE DIMENSIONS: 2100 M X 1000 M (DOWN DIP) X 12 (LENGTH X WIDTH X THICKNESS(ASSAY WALLS)). TYPE OF WALL ROCK ALTERATION: DECARBONIZATION, ARGILLIC AND CHLORITIC.

Comment (Economic Factors): HEAP LEACH OPERATION WILL TERMINATE IN 1993. MILL: ON-SITE,ACTIVE,CYANIDE LEACH TANK,CARBON COLUMNS, PROC. RATE: 91 T/D

Comment (Production): HEAP LEACH/MILLING OPERATION WAS TO BEGIN PROD. IN 1ST QTR.1988. 1989 AU PROD. = 58,895 OZ. FROM TREATING 789,000 MT ORE. 1989 RESERVE = 1,317,000 CONT.OZ.AU. WAS PLANNED FOR AN ANNUAL PROD.LEVEL OF 150,000 OZ./YR.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL PROVEN + PROBABLE; SUL + OXI ORE RESERVES, 12/31/95. ORE PRODUCTION BASED ON AVERAGE PRODUCTION OVER YEARS 93 TO 95.

Comment (Workings): HEAP LEACHING FROM ORE DUMPS AND FROM AN OPEN PIT MINE AT THE GETCHELL BEGAN IN 1986, ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT OPERATION DID NOT COMMENCE UNTIL 1989. DATA COMPILED FROM U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES:

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURRED BETWEEN CRETACEOUS AND MIOCENE. OTHER MINERALS PRESENT: GETCHELLITE AND GALKHAITE.

Comment (Economic Factors): MINING METHOD: OPEN PIT,TAILINGS AND DUMP RECOVERY PLANNED.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 8-97: THE RESOURCE AT TURQUOISE RIDGE INCREASED BY 2.1 MILLION OZ OZ.-THE TOTAL IS NOW 6.4 MILLION OZ. PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES AT THE GETCHELLL PROPERTY, NOT INCLUDING TURQUOISE RIDGE ARE 14.9 MILLION TONS GRADING 0.3 OZ AU/TON. INCLUDING TURQUOISE RIDGE, THE TOTAL MINERAL INVENTORY IS 10.9 MILLION OZ. DRILLING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTINUE ON THE PROPERTY. 1993 RESERVES FROM FIRSTMISS 1993 ANNUAL REPORT. UNDERGROUND P&P RESERVES= 2,177232 MT @ 9.668 G/MT AU.

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References

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 6-2-97, P.B7.

Reference (Deposit): 43. BERGER, B. R. TRACE ELEMENT VARIATIONS ASSOCIATED

Reference (Deposit): M.S. THESIS, STANFORD UNIV.,STANFORD, CA, 1982, 109PP.

Reference (Deposit): METALS IN THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): 690. STEARNS, S. W. DISSEMINATED EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GETCHELL GOLD CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 7.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): P5.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FIRSTMISS GOLD INC, 1995 INTERIM REPORT/FORM 10-K REPORT,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 10, 24.

Reference (Deposit): 242. HARDY, R. A. THE GETCHELL MINE NEW GOLD PRODUCER OF

Reference (Deposit): CA, 1979, 98 PP.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. M.A. THESIS, UNIV. CA, SANTA BARBARA,

Reference (Deposit): DISSEMINATED GOLD ORE OF THE WINDFALL MINE, EUREKA COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): 232. GROVE, G. R. A STUDY OF THE FINE-GRAINED

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 1198-A, 1964, 26 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT 9, 1996, B3.

Reference (Deposit): PAYDIRT, FEB., 1997, #692, PP. 15, 16.

Reference (Deposit): 628. SILBERMAN, M. L., B. R. BERGER, AND R. A. KOSKI.

Reference (Deposit): THESIS, STANFORD UNIV., STANFORD, CA, 1977, 149 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH.

Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. 7.5 MIN SERIES TOPO SHEETS; ADAM PEAK & DRY HILLS

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #9, FEB 26, 1997, P12.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, OCT 96, PP. 31-35.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #??, SEPT., 4, 1996, P17.

Reference (Deposit): FIRST MISSISSIPPI CORPORATION, 1983 ANNUAL REPORT, 48 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CO, 1983, 142 PP.

Reference (Deposit): STATES: A MINE- SEARCH REPORT. MET. ECON. GROUP, BOULDER,

Reference (Deposit): 84. CHENDER, M. (ED.). GOLD PROJECTS IN THE UNITED

Reference (Deposit): PP. 1-49.

Reference (Deposit): CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERAL. AND PETROLOGY, V. 63, 1977,

Reference (Deposit): METAMORPHIC AND IGNEOUS ROCKS, OSGOOD MOUNTAINS, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): STUDIES OF METASOMATIC CA-FE-AL-SI SKARNS AND ASSOCIATED

Reference (Deposit): 702. TAYLOR, B. E., AND J. R. O'NEIL. STABLE ISOTOPE

Reference (Deposit): BUSH. V. 72, NO. 37, 1983, P. 10.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT

Reference (Deposit): 285. HOTZ, P. E., AND R. WILLDEN. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 44, 1946, 31 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUR.

Reference (Deposit): 270. HOBBS, S. W., AND S. E. CLABAUGH. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): YALE UNIV., NEW HAVEN, CT, 1948, 97 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OSGOOD MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. PH.D. DISS.,

Reference (Deposit): 269. HOBBS, S. W. GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE

Reference (Deposit): SOC. MIN. ENG-AIME, V. 144, 1941, P. 147-150.

Reference (Deposit): 656. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. NEWS (& RUMOR) FROM THE

Reference (Deposit): PP. 48-51.

Reference (Deposit): MINE. MIN. CONGR. J., V. 28, NO. 4, 1942,

Reference (Deposit): 807. WISE, F. ROASTING IMPROVES GOLD RECOVERY AT GETCHELL

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 69, NO. 5, 1974,

Reference (Deposit): HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON.

Reference (Deposit): TUNGSTEN AND GOLD MINERALIZATION NEAR THE GETCHELL MINE,

Reference (Deposit): K-AR AGE RELATIONS OF GRANODIORITE EMPLACEMENT AND

Reference (Deposit): 243. . THE GEOLOGY OF THE GETCHELL MINE. TRANS.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 29-31.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 139, NO. 11, 1938,

Reference (Deposit): 292. HUTTL, J. B. HOW GETCHELL MINE AND MILL PREPARE FOR

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): PROFESSIONAL PAPER 431, 1964, 128 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE DISSEMINATED GOLD INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE. M.S.

Reference (Deposit): 616. SHANLEY, F. E. A GEOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF

Reference (Deposit): MISSISSIPPI TO PROCEED WITH NEVADA GOLD MINE & MILL".

Reference (Deposit): 505. THE MINING RECORD, V98, #23, JUNE 10 1987, P1, "FIRST

Reference (Deposit): NO. 5, 1982, P. 3.

Reference (Deposit): CONOCO INC. ENG. AND MIN. J., INT. DIRECTORY, V. 9,

Reference (Deposit): 46, NO. 3, 1951, PP. 267-310.

Reference (Deposit): MINE, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V.

Reference (Deposit): 334. JORALEMON, P. THE OCCURRENCE OF GOLD AT THE GETCHELL

Reference (Deposit): MAY 1983, P. 21A.

Reference (Deposit): 425. MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST. EXPLORATION BRIEFS, U.S.:

Reference (Deposit): PP. 405-409.

Reference (Deposit): PP.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 70, NO. 2, 1975,

Reference (Deposit): GETCHELL MINE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, DISCUSSION. ECON.

Reference (Deposit): EMPLACEMENT AND TUNGSTEN AND GOLD MINERALIZATION NEAR THE

Reference (Deposit): 335. JORALEMON, P. K-AR RELATIONS OF GRANODIORITE

Reference (Deposit): DOWN MINERAL OPERATIONS; CLOSURE SET JUNE 30TH. NO. 44,

Reference (Deposit): 308. INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). CONOCO WINDING

Reference (Deposit): PP. 60-62.

Reference (Deposit): GREATER OUTPUT. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 151, NO. 7, 1950,

Reference (Deposit): JANES. GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION NEAR THE GETCHELL MINE,

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. SEG-USGS FIELD TRIP GUIDE TO EPITHERMAL

Reference (Deposit): RELATIONSHIPS AT THE GETCHELL MINE AND VICINITY, HUMBOLDT

Reference (Deposit): 45. BERGER, B. R. GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. SME PREPRINT 75-I-305, 1975, 26 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 11-135; AVAILABLE AT NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., RENO, NV,

Reference (Deposit): PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN NEVADA, 1980,

Reference (Deposit): 174. ERICKSON, R. L., A. P. MARRANZINO, U. ODA, AND W. W.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 10, 1963, PP. 93-96.

Reference (Deposit): COST RECORDS AT GETCHELL MINE. MIN. CONGR. J., V. 49,

Reference (Deposit): 81. CHAMBERLAIN, C. C. MINING METHODS WITH EMPHASIS ON

Reference (Deposit): DISS., UNIV. CA, BERKELEY, CA, 1963, 225 PP., 9 PL.

Reference (Deposit): THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. PH.D.

Reference (Deposit): MINERALIZATION, GETCHELL MINE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): SOIL-MERCURY VALUES TO SOIL TYPE AND DISSEMINATED GOLD

Reference (Deposit): 67. BROOKS, R. A., AND B. R. BERGER. RELATIONSHIP OF

Reference (Deposit): GEOL., V. 8, NO. 12, 1980, PP. 594-598.

Reference (Deposit): FAULTING IN THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): 47. BERGER, B. R., AND B. E. TAYLOR. PRE-CENOZOIC NORMAL

Reference (Deposit): IN DISTRICT FILE 136.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 186-194. 013-0063.

Reference (Deposit): 79. CAVENDER, W. S. INTEGRATED MINERAL EXPLORATION IN

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. J. GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, V. 9, NO. 2/3, 1978,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 646-656.

Reference (Deposit): GETCHELL DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 7383, 1970, 23

Reference (Deposit): INTERPRETATION OF SAMPLE ASSAY DATA FROM THE GETCHELL MINE,

Reference (Deposit): 364. KOCH, G. S., JR., AND R. F. LINK. A STATISTICAL

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. MIN. ENG. (NY), V. 30, NO. 7, 1978, PP. 759-762.

Reference (Deposit): 336. JORALEMON. P. A MAJOR GOLD BELT TAKES SHAPE IN

Reference (Deposit): 44. BERGER, B. R. GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL., V. 70, 1975, P 1318

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1996/1997, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): FIRST MISS GOLD INC ANNUAL REPORT, 1990, 24 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OCCURRENCE MODEL. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1646. 1985

Reference (Deposit): VOLCANIC-HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS - SEARCH FOR AN

Reference (Deposit): BERGER, B.R. GEOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SEDIMENT - AND

Reference (Deposit): ENG., TECH. PUB. NO. 1260, 1940, 9 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PRACTICE AT GETCHELL MINE. AM. INST. OF MIN. AND METALL.

Reference (Deposit): 808. WISE, F., AND C. W. WORK. METALLURGY AND MILLING

Reference (Deposit): 59, 1964, 154 PP.

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 801. WILLDEN, R. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT

Reference (Deposit): NUMBER 9, 1979, PP. 1321-1323.

Reference (Deposit): CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSITS. MIN. ENG.(NY), VOLUME 31,

Reference (Deposit): 773. WARGO, J. G. THE NEXT EXPLORATION STAGE FOR

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND GEOL. OFR 82-9, 1982, 4 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUR.

Reference (Deposit): 61. BONHAM, H. F., JR. RESERVES, HOST ROCKS, AND AGES OF

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 99, 100.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P245.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FIRSTMISS GOLD INC, 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, P3.

Reference (Production): HEAP LEACH OER AND UNDRG. DEVEL. ORE.

Reference (Production): RECORD 600 TOTAL 1995 GOLD PRODUCTION, INCLUDES MILL ORE,

Reference (Deposit): HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. ABSTR. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC.

Reference (Deposit): WITH DISSEMINATED GOLD MINERALIZATION AT THE GETCHELL MINE,

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 8-11-97, P.20.

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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.