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Goldstrike

The Goldstrike is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,577 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

Name: Goldstrike  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 5,577 Feet (1,700 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.9833, -116.37220

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Goldstrike MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Goldstrike
Secondary: Goldstrike Mine
Secondary: Barrick Goldstrike Mine
Secondary: Betze Deposit
Secondary: E. P. No. 2 Pit
Secondary: Goldstrike No. 9 Pit
Secondary: Long Lac Deposit
Secondary: Pan Cana No. 1 Pit
Secondary: Goldstrike Mine Betze-Post
Secondary: Betze/Post
Secondary: Bazza
Secondary: Goldstrike No. 6 Pit
Secondary: E. P. No. 1 Pit

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Carlin Trend

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: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Western States Minerals Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1997

Owner Name: Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1987 -

Owner Name: Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
Company ID: 2601089
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1987 -

Production

Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 2031900 T Oz/Yr Gold
 Year: 1991
Description: Au 546146 Oz
 Year: 1991
Description: Ag 22000 Oz
 Year: 1989
Description: 207264 Oz
 Year: 1988
Description: 119418 Oz
 Year: 1987
Description: 40144 Oz
 Year: 1979
Description: 1979 Prod.- About 230 Kg Au(Nv Bib #132) 230 Kg

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1986
Discovery Year: 1982
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

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

Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Marcasite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Aragonite
Unknown: Alunite
Unknown: Variscite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DATE OF DISCOVERY AND INITIAL PRODUCTION ARE FOR THE POST DEPOSIT. NO DATA COULD BE FOUND FOR THE BETZE DEPOSIT. SECOND TRACT: SEC. 24, T36N, R49E. GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 38 KM NW OF CARLIN.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PYRITE IS ARGENTIFEROUS AND AERIFEROUS. TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES; PROVEN + PROBABLE + MINERALIZED MATERIAL (MEA + IND ORE); 12/31/96: PRODUCTION BASED ON AVG OF LAST FIVE YEARS, (92-96).

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL IS LOCATED ON SITE AND IS ACTIVE. MILLING IS CYANIDE HEAP LEACH, CTL, CCD, & PRES. OXIDATION.

Comment (Geology): ORE IS ALSO CONTROLLED BY FRACTURING-BRECCIATION. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS VERY LARGE. BEST MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT INTERSECTION OF HIGH-ANGLE STRUCTURES AND FOLLOWING LOW-ANGLE STRUCTURES. ABOUT 4 TO 5 AREAS OR ZONES OF GOLD MINERALIZATION OCCUR IN MINE AREA. NORTHWEST-TRENDING HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS (PRE-MINERAL) HAVE DOMINANT CONTROL OVER MINERALIZATION. INDIVIDUAL MINERAL ZONES ARE 60 TO 300 M IN LENGTH WITH NORTHWEST ELONGATION AND 15 TO 60 M IN WIDTH. BOTH OXIDE AND UNOXIDIZED ORE EXISTS. OXIDE ORE IS KNOWN TO EXIST UP TO 220 METERS DEEP. UNOXIDIZED SULFIDE ORE HAS BEEN AS SHALLOW AS 20 M. THE SCREAMER ORE BODY IS THE WESTERM CONTINUATION OF THE BETZE ORE BODY AN IS INCLUDED IN THE BETZE-POST RESERVES.

Comment (Economic Factors): MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT.

Comment (Geology): GOLD TO SILVER RATIO IS 20:1.

Comment (Production): INITIAL PRODUCTION BY PAN CANA INDUSTRIES FROM 1976-77. HEAP LEACH OPERATION IN PROD. 1988. 1988 AU PROD.= 120,000 OZ. CIL MILL COMMISSIONED AUG. 1988. AU PROD.FOR 1989 = 207,264 OZ FROM 1,483,000 MT ORE LEACHED AND MILLED. 1996: 992,007 T OZ FROM AUTOCLAVING; 16,986 T OZ LEACH: FIRST 6 MONTHS, 1996:

Comment (Workings): DATA COMPILED FROM U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES & COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS.

Comment (Geology): LINE 1 OF ROCK DATA IS REALLY A CARBONACEOUS ARGILLITE. LINE 7 OF ROCK DATA IS A GRANODIORITE-TO-DIORITE STOCK. LINE 8 OF ROCK DATA IS A QUARTZ LATITE AND LATITE DIKE. LINE 9 OF ROCK DATA IS A SKARN (ZENOLITHS IN DIORITE STOCK).

References

Reference (Deposit): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1995 F0RM 40-F REPORT, P25.

Reference (Deposit): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P30.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, PB8.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, VOL., 49, #4, APRIL, 1997, PP26-29.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #45, NOV. 6, 1996, P3.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, P9.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P38.

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, V 106/N 1, 1/4/95, P.?.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING, 1/94, P.29-33.

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, 2/9/94, P.?.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY OF BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE MINES' BETZE PIT, MINING

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, MICHAEL R., AND SHARON, ROBERT P., ENGINEERING

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, 4/28/93, P.7.

Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, 11/93, #170, P.10A.

Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL MEETING, TUCSON, AZ, U.S.A., APRIL 4-6, 1993, 12PP.

Reference (Deposit): ORES AT BARRICK, PRESENTED AT GOLD AND SILVER INSTITUTES

Reference (Deposit): WERNIAK, JANE. STRIKING IT RICH FOR AMERICAN BARRICK.

Reference (Deposit): CANADIAN MINING JOUR., NOV., 1989, P. 11-15.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, SCOTT. GOLD COMPANY TO TRIPLE SIZE BY 1992.

Reference (Deposit): 272.

Reference (Deposit): MINING MAGAZINE. GOLDSTRIKE MINE. OCTOBER, 1989, P. 269-

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERS, RENO, NV, OCT. 10-12, 1988, 13 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GOLDSTRIKE MINE. SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY OF MINING

Reference (Deposit): PRECIOUS MEETAL DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN TREND, THE

Reference (Deposit): SCHAFER, R. W., AND BUFFA, R. H. FIELD TRIP #4 GUIDEBOOK:

Reference (Deposit): GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC., DEC. 2, 1988, 72 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC., SOUTH BLOCK OPERATIONS. BARRICK

Reference (Deposit): NOV. 1987, 66 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NV. BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC.,

Reference (Deposit): 1989.

Reference (Deposit): JBR CONSULTANTS GROUP. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR

Reference (Deposit): SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. BUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT, APR. 17,

Reference (Deposit): FACILITIES EXPANSION, EUREKA AND ELKO COUNTIES, NV.

Reference (Deposit): AMENDMENT - PROPOSED BETZE PIT DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED

Reference (Deposit): BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE MINES, INC. PLAN OF OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): THESIS, STANFORD UNIV., PALO ALTO, CA, 1982, 109 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S.

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

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETEIN 64, 1967, 152 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): MAP GQ-1116, 1974, SCALE 1:24,000.

Reference (Deposit): THE PROPOSED MILL AND TAILINGS POND, BARRICK GOLDSTRIKE

Reference (Deposit): EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD.

Reference (Deposit): EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RODEO CREEK NE QUADRANGLE,

Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1981, 114 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E. A. DISSEMINATED/REPLACEMENT GOLD DEPOSITS.

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.

Reference (Deposit): 633 PEYTON BLDG., SPOKANE, WA 99201.

Reference (Deposit): AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM NORTHWEST MINING ASSOC.,

Reference (Deposit): ASSOC. CONVENTION, SPOKANE, WA, DEC. 10, 1982, 4 PP;

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO. PAPER PRES. AT THE 88TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST MINING

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. WESTERN STATES MINERALS CORP., WHEAT RIDGE,

Reference (Deposit): MORROW, A. B. GEOLOGY OF THE GOLDSTRIKE MINE, ELKO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY BULLETIN 1473, 1980, 81 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CANYON QUADRANGLES, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 FORM 40-F REPORT, PP. 36,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 14, 29.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1995 FORM 40-F, P25.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P36.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.27.

Reference (Deposit): EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGY OF THE RODEO CREEK NE AND WELCHES

Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, JUNE, 94, PP. 12B-15B.

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, VOL., 106 #23, JUNE 7, 1995, PP. 12-13.

Reference (Deposit): THOMAS, K.G.(KEN), AND PIETERSE, H., AUTOCLAVING REFRACTORY

Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, 4/93, P.11A.

Reference (Deposit): 11/92, P.21-25.

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, DAVID, AMERICAN BARRICK BONANZA, NORTHERN MINER MAG.,

Reference (Deposit): AT CARLIN, ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, 2/92, P.3A.

Reference (Deposit): DILLARD, GARY, BARRICK AND NEWMONT HAVE BOUNDARY LINE PACT

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1993, P.16,17.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, 49PP.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP., 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, 23PP.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP., 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, 36PP.

Reference (Deposit): OUNCES. ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, FEB., 1989, P. 4A-6A.

Reference (Deposit): WALENGA, KAREN. DEVELOPMENT TO BOOST OUTPUT TO 900,000

Reference (Deposit): CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOV., 1989, P. 45-62.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, JANUARY, 1994, V46, #1, PP. 29-33.

Reference (Deposit): _____. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE BARRICK

Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.