West Leeville

The West Leeville is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.

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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: West Leeville  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

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

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.