The Newmont Carlin Mill #2 is a silver and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.7847, -116.21390
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Newmont Carlin Mill #2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Newmont Carlin Mill #2
Secondary: Carlin Mill
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Carlin Trend
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.
Holdings
Type: Other
Type: Patented
Type: Minerals Only
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Carlin Gold Mining Co.
Company ID: 2600815
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1985
Discovery Year: 1985
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
Comment (Deposit): CARLIN MILL #2 WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1985 AND LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE GOLD QUARRY OPEN PIT MINE. PROTIONS OF THIS MILL WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE REFRACTORY ORE TREATMENT PLANT, PLANT #6, IN MAY OF 1994. MILS LAT/LONG ARE APPROXIMATE FOR THE GOLD QUARRY PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 3-5.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. REPORT 40, P. 71-80.
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 3-5.
Reference (Deposit): NOVEMBER, P. 1293-1296.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., 1986, THE CARLIN STORY: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND
Reference (Deposit): ARE KEY TO CARLIN GOLD'S SUCCESS: MINING ENGINEERING,
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G. C., 1985, SELECTIVE MINING AND GOOD GRADE CONTROL
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT NO. 50221028.
Reference (Deposit): BLUE STAR. MAGGIE CREEK, BOOTSTRAP, GOLD QUARRY, AND RAIN
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1983, MINE/DEPOSIT FILE REPORT, CARLIN,
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 32, P. 40-44.
Reference (Deposit): DISSEMINATED REPLACEMENT GOLD DEPOSIT, NEVADA: NEV.
Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, L. C., AND RADKE, A. S., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CARLIN
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 13, P. 73-83.
Reference (Deposit): HARDIE, B. S., 1966, CARLIN GOLD MINE, LYNN DISTRICT,
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.
