The Elder Creek Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Elder Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elder Creek Mine
Secondary: Elder Creek
Secondary: Shoshone Properties
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle 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: Alta Gold Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
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
Comment (Location): LOCATED 20 MILES SE OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN. ALSO LOCATED IN SEC 13, R 45E & SEC 7, & 18, R 46E. ALSO UNDER MSHA ID #2670168. MINING WAS COMPLETED AT THE END OF 1990. HEAP LEACH PRODUCED GOLD TILL END OF 1992.
References
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P242.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): P. 11.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990,
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.
