The West Leeville is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,562 Feet (2,000 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.7333, -116.10000
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West Leeville MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Leeville
Secondary: High Desert Jv 60% Ownership
Secondary: Newmont Property 100% Ownership
Secondary: Leeville Corridor
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend
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.
Holdings
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Consolidated Ramrod Gold Corp.; (0.33%Nsr)
Home Office: Canada
Years: 1994 -
Owner Name: Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
Percent: 40.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -
Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1990
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 (Deposit): MAS PROPERTY FILE INCLUDES BOTH LEEVILLE CORRIDOR PROPERTIES: THE 60% OWNED HIGH DESERT JV, WITH BARRICK GOLD CORP & THE 100% OWNED NEWMONT PROPERTY. THE HIGH DESERT OP MINE HAS BEEN INATCIVE SINCE 1983.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT NEW HORIZONS, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 9, 29.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT NEW HORIZONS, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P29.
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.
