Carlin Gold Mining Co.

Site Name

Primary: Carlin Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: See Comments
Secondary: Newmont's Carlin Trend Operations

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Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Carlin Trend

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Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Private Lease
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1961 -

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Production

Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 1542214 T Oz Au/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Mill Ore 13628636 Mt/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Leach Ore 45988823 Mt/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Mill Ore 12531850 Mt/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Leach Ore 47232574 Mt/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Mill Ore 13493465 Mt/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Leach Ore 51047285 Mt/Yr
Year: 1986
Description: Milled Ore 3560000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1986
Description: Leached Ore 3430000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1985
Description: Milled Ore 1800000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1985
Description: Leached Ore 840000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1984
Description: Milled Ore 850000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1984
Description: Leached Ore 800000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1983
Description: Milled Ore 730000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1983
Description: Leached Ore 820000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1962
Description: Gold Ore Grading 10.97 Gm/Mt 10099999 Mt Ore/Day

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Solvent Extraction-Electrowin
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1962
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: Gold

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Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): PRESENTLY MINING OPERATIONS ARE PROCEEDING AT THE CARLIN, BLUE STAR, AND MAGGIE CREEK OPEN PITS, PROCESSING OPERATIONS ENTAIL A LOW GRADE HEAP LEACH OPERATION NEAR THE MAGGIE CREEK PIT AND A CYANIDE AGITATION LEACH CIRCUIT NEAR THE CARLIN PIT. THE BOOTSTRAP PIT IS PRESENTLY DEPLEATED OF ORE AND THUS INACTIVE. PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO BRING THE GOLD QUARRY DEPOSIT INTO PRODUCTION IN 1986. THE RAIN DEPOSIT WILL BE PLACED INTO PRODUCTION AT A LATER DATE. TOTAL SURFACE AEA OF THE CARLIN EPOSITS IS 104,000 HECTARES. UNIT PRODUCTION COST SHOWN IS FOR 1983-84. SEE INVESTMENTS DATA SET FOR CHANGES IN FUTURE (PROPOSED). S-INV IS TOTAL MINE INVESTMENTS THROUGH 1984, INCLUDING ALL INFRASTRUICTURE CAPITAL COSTS, AND NOT DIFFERENTIATING BE- TWEEN THE MILLABLE GRADE ORE AND THE HEAP LEACHING OPERATION CAPACITY FOR THE CALIN MINE MILLABLE ORES IS 2,115 MT/D, AND FOR HEAP LEACH ORES IS 2380 MT/D. SURFACE AREA COVERED BY THE DEPOSITS AND MILLS IS 104,000 HECTARES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Q1C1=Q2C1+Q3C1+Q4C1. Q1CL=TOTAL MILLABLE ORE FROM THE CARLIN, BLUE STAR, MAGGIE CREEK, GOLD QUARRY, AND RAIN DEPOSITS. THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE OF GOLD IS 4.11 GM/MT Q1C2+Q3C2+Q4C2. Q1C2=TOTAL HEAP LEACH ORE FROM HE MAGGIE CREEK. GOLD QUARRY AND RAIN DEPOSITS. THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE AU GRADE IS 1.12 GM/MT. CARLIN, BLUE STAR, AND MAGGIE CREEK MILLABLE ORE TO BE PROCESSED AT THE EXISTING CARLIN MILL. MAGGIE CREEK HEAP LEACH ORE. GOLD QUARRY MILLABLE ORE. GOLD QUARRY HEAP LEACH ORE. RAIN DEPOSIT MILLABLE ORE. RAIN DEPOSIT HEAP LEACH ORE. BOOTSTRAP DEPOSIT HAS BEEN MINED OUT. TOTAL INDICATED RESOURCE FOR ALL THE CARLIN AND ASSOCIATED DEPOSITS AS OF 1986. CARLIN AND MAGGIE CREEK MILL & LEACH AS OF 1986. TOTAL GOLD QUARRY MILL AND LEACH ORE, AS OF 1986. TOTAL RAIN MILL AND LEACH ORE AS OF 1986. TOTAL GEOLOGIC RESOURCE CONTAINED IN THE BOOTSTRAP DEPOSIT AS OF 1986.

Comment (Geology): AT THE CARLIN ORE BODY, GOLD MINERALIZATION HAS NOT PROVEN TO BE CLOSELY RELATED TO OTHER ASSOCIATED METALS; THOSE METALS MOST ABUNDANT WITHIN THE AREA ARE ANTIMONY, ARSENIC, BARIUM, MANGANESE, AND STRONTIUM.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): (R-RECORDS 2-7; RESERVES/RESOURCES DATA FOR ALL NEWMONTS * CARLIN TREND OPERATIONS:) * (FOR RESERVE/RESOURCES SUMMARY DATA SEE INDIVIDUAL FILES:) * 1987 ESTIMATES INCLUDE RESERVES FROM THE CARLIN, PETE, POST, GENESIS/NORTH STAR, BLUESTAR, GOLD QUARRY, MAGGIE CREEK, & RAIN DEPOSITS. NO BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCE FOUND FOR 1987 RESERVES DATA.

Comment (Geology): THE GOLD ORE BODY AT CARLIN IS AN IRREGULAR-SHAPED STRATIFORM TABULAR MASS, AN ESTIMATED 2,000 M LONG, 800 M WIDE, AND 100 M DEEP WHERE EXPOSED IN THE MINE. THE BLUE STAR DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO CARLIN IN ORIGIN AND TYPE. THE MINE IS MUCH SMALLER, HOWEVER. IT IS TABULAR, 365 M LONG, 200 M DEEP AND APPROXIMATELY 90 M THICK. THE MAGGIE CREEK IS DISSIMILAR TO THE OTHERS. IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE 460 BY 120 M IN PLAN AND ABOUT 40 M IN THICKNESS. THE GOLD QUARRY DEPOSIT IS PIPELIKE IN CHARACTER, WITH ESTIMATED DIMENSIONS OF 620 BY 460 M, AND 250 M IN DEPTH.

Comment (Production): 1993-1995 TOTAL NEWMONT CARLIN PRODUCTION.

Comment (Economic Factors): EQUIPMENT: THIS IS A LIST OF THE MINE EQUIPMENT USED AT THE CARLIN, BLUE STAR, AND MAGGIE CREEK DEPOSITS: DESCRIPTION QUANTITY T-750 CP DRILLS, 165-200 MM DIA. 4 D40K DRILL TECK, 165 MM DIA. 1 DRILL TRUCKS 2 SHOVEL, DIESEL-ELECTRIC, 3.8 CU M BUCKET 1 CAT 992B LOADERS, 7.6 CU M BUCKET 2 IHC LOADER, 8.4 CU M BUCKET 1 CAT 988B LOADER, 5.3 CU M BUCKET 1 IHC LOADER, 4.6 CU M BUCKET 1 CAT 988 LOADER, 4.6 CU M BUCKET 1 HAUL TRUCKS, 68 MT 10 HAUL TRUCKS, 45 MT 4 CAT 14E GRADER 2 CAT D8 DOZER 3 MICHIGAN 280 DOZER, RUBBE TIRED 1 WATER TRUCK 2 FUEL TRUCK 1 LUBE TRUCK 1

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References

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1996/97, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): OF GOLD NEAR CARLIN. DEC 1980.

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT. NEWMONT FINDS ANOTHER MILLION OUNCES

Reference (Deposit): MCBETH, J.D., MINING PRACTICE AT CARLIN GOLD MINING COMPANY.

Reference (Deposit): OF GOLD NEAR CARLIN OPERATIONS. JAN. 1981.

Reference (Deposit): MONT EXPLORATION, LTD.

Reference (Deposit): HOUSEN, D.M., AND P.F. KERR, FINE GOLD OCCURANCE AT CARLIN,

Reference (Deposit): HARDIC, B.S., CARLIN GOLD MINE, LYNN DISTRICT, NVEADA. NEW-

Reference (Deposit): TONNAGES. SEPT. 1982, SEPT. 1980, JULY, 1977.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING. UNITED STATES OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND MINE

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 11, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW. APR 17, 1982.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, OCT. 1982.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, NOV. 3, 1982.

Reference (Deposit): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, NOV. 1982.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, SEPT, 1979.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING, AUG. 1981.

Reference (Deposit): STANDARD AND POORS NEWS, DEC. 11, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): STANDARD AND POORS NEWS, SEPT 5, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND MATERIALS, SEPT. 1980.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, JAN. 5, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): GOLD MINING COMPANY.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL. GOLD QUARRY AND RAIN RESERVES. APR. 8, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): IT AND WHERE. NOV 1982.

Reference (Deposit): LONCOR, P.N. THE CARLIN GOLD MINING OPERATION. THE CARLIN

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA PAY DIRT. GOLD MINING PROFIT DEPENDS ON WHO'S DOING

Reference (Deposit): PRACTICE AT THE CARLIN GOLD MINING COMPANY, CARLIN, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): PIZZARO, R., J.D. MCBETH, AND G.M. POTTER. HEAP LEACHING

Reference (Deposit): VOL. 254, MARCH 1973.

Reference (Deposit): BONACEOUS ORES AT CARLIN NEVADA. SME-AIME, TRANSACTIONS

Reference (Deposit): FORTUNE. THE HUGE FIND IN ROY ASH'S BACKYARD, DEC. 22, 1982.

Reference (Deposit): RECORDS, APRIL 1, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA PAY DIRT. NEVADA GOLD PRODUCTION UPWARD, SETTING

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL. NEW GOLD HORIZONS. APRIL 1, 1983

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORP. 1982 ANNUAL REPORT

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORP. 1981 ANNUAL REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORP. 1980 ANNUAL REPORT

Reference (Deposit): E/MJ. CARLIN GOLD. JULY 1982.

Reference (Deposit): GOLD ORE, JULY 21, 1982.

Reference (Deposit): THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. NEWMONT'S RESERVES OF GOLD ARE

Reference (Deposit): IN U.S. GOLD PRODUCTION, NOV. 1981.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD. CARBON ADSORPTION METHOD FOR PROCESSING

Reference (Deposit): GOLD DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAY DIRT. MAJOR DISCOVERIES PROMISE BIG SURGE

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., LYNN DISTRICT, DISSEMINATED/REPLACEMENT

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, NEWMONT REPORTS, APRIL 1982.

Reference (Deposit): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, JANUARY 1982

Reference (Deposit): CO., 1982.

Reference (Deposit): GOLD ORE AT CARLIN GOLD'S MAGGIE CREEK. CARLIN GOLD MINING

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, W.R., J.D. MCBETH, AND R. A. PYPER, HEAP LEACHING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, FORM 10-K, 1995.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPROATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, FORM 10-K, 1994.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPROATION, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT

Reference (Deposit): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. DISCOVERY OF A MAJOR NEW GOLD ORE

Reference (Deposit): TION OF GOLD BULLION. OCT. 1980.

Reference (Deposit): MNING CONGRESS JOURNAL. PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUC-

Reference (Deposit): BLE ISOTOPE STUDIES OF THE CARLIN GOLD DEPOSIT, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): RADKE, A.S., R.O. RYE, AND F.W. DICKENSON, GEOLOGY AND STA-

Reference (Deposit): FROM MAJOR NEW NEVADA GOLD DEPOSIT. SEPT. 1980.

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT, NEWMONT'S CRLIN BEGINS PRODUCTION

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING, MAR. 1980.

Reference (Deposit): GUAY, W.J., HOW CARLIN TREATS GOLD ORES BY DOUBLE OXIDATION,

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT, OF MICE AND MEN. AUG. 1980.

Reference (Deposit): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. CONSTRUCTON OF A PROCESSING MILL.

Reference (Deposit): ANOTHER 3.1 MILLION OUNCES. MAY, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO PAY DIRT. NEWMONT'S NEVADA GOLD RESERVES GROW BY

Reference (Deposit): GOLD DISCOVERY MAY QUADRUPLE RESERVES, JUNE 1981.

Reference (Deposit): THE NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION BULLETIN. NEWMONT'S NEW NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): RAISED TO SEVEN MILLION OUNCES, NOV. 10, 1981.

Reference (Production): THE NORTHERN MINER. 2/24/97. P.B1.

Reference (Deposit): BIG SKY PAY DIRT. NEWMONT DISCOVERS ANOTHER MILLION OUNCES

Reference (Deposit): TAINING ONE MILLION OUNCES, FEB. 1981.

Reference (Deposit): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. INDICATIONS OF AN ORE BODY CON-

Reference (Deposit): APRIL 1981.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD. NEVADA MINING DEVELOPMENT, MAR. 11, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): SEE CARLIN PROPERTY FILE 0320110027 FOR MORE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, #697, JULY 1997, P13.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, PP. B1, B4.

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

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #?, SEPT., 4, 1996, P46.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, SPE. PUB. P-7.

Reference (Deposit): MAJOR MINES OF NEVADA, 1995, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): 1996, AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANITS.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1994/95, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): S0221028.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1993 ANNUAL REPORT

Reference (Deposit): CARLIN, NEVADA, DRAFT REPORT, DEC. 1983, USBM CONTRACT NO.

Reference (Deposit): GOLD QUARRY, AND RAIN DEPOSITS, CARLIN GOLD MINING COMPANY,

Reference (Deposit): FILE REPORT; CARLIN, BLUE STAR, MAGGIE CREEK, BOOTSTRAP,

Reference (Deposit): MORRISON-KNUDSON COMPANY, INC.-MINING GROUP. MINE DEPOSIT

Reference (Deposit): PLANT PRACTICE, AIME 1975.

Reference (Deposit): CARLIN GOLD MINING COMPANY. GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION

Reference (Deposit): GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PRACTICE, VOL. 2, AIME, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): CARLIN GOLD MINING COMPANY BOOTSTRAP MINE, CARLIN, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): 1933-1967, VOL 1.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. GRATON-SALES, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITES STATES,

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD. CARLIN MINE LARGEST OPEN-PIT GOLD MINE IN

Reference (Deposit): BODY. JULY 1980.

Reference (Deposit): GUAY, W.J., AND D.G. PETERSON, RECOVERY OF GOLD FROM CAR-

Reference (Deposit): PROJECT. MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, NOV. 1965.

Reference (Deposit): NUAL REPORTS, 1965, 1967-1974.

Reference (Deposit): MCQUISTON, F.W., AND R.W. HEMLUND. NEWMONT'S CARLIN GOLD

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORPORTATION. CARLIN GOLD MINING COMPANY, AN-

Reference (Deposit): COMPANY. AIME ANNUAL MEETING, FEB. 1975.

Reference (Deposit): FEB. 1977.

Reference (Deposit): MCBETH, J.D. CYANIDATION PRACTICE AT CARLIN GOLD MINING.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING. CARLIN OPENS NEW PIT AT NEVADA GOLD MINE.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. WED., NOV. 29, 1978.

Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, N691, JAN. 97, P12,13.

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 75, NO. 5, AUG. 1980.

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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.