The Jerritt Canyon Mill is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,316 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,316 Feet (1,925 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.405, -115.89890
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Jerritt Canyon Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jerritt Canyon Mill
Secondary: Jerritt Canyon Mine 0320070879
Secondary: Any Many, Many More See Main File.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Roberts District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Minerals Only
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ranch Cryogenics, Inc
Info Year: 1990
Owner Name: Fmc Gold Co.
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Independence Mining Co.
Percent: 70.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Electrostatic-Magnetic
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Year First Production: 1990
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): MILL FOR THE JERRITT CANYON OP/UG OPERATION (0320070879), (MAIN FILE).
Comment (Ownership): REC #3 FORMER OPERATOR ?, 1991 DATA.
References
Reference (Deposit): FMC GOLD COMPANY, NEWS RELEASE'S, 1990, 1991.
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P 253.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1996/1997, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 12, 22.
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 22.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1993, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 24.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES DIRECTORY, 1996, PP. 137, 138.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
