Casino/Winrock Mine

The Casino/Winrock Mine is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Casino/Winrock Mine
Secondary: Casino Mine
Secondary: Winrock Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Alligator Ridge

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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: Unknown

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: USMX, Inc.
Company ID: 2602154
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Placer Dome U. S. Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1993 -

Production

Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production Unknown T Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production 3190 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Production 19745 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1991
Description: Gold Production 19979 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1990
Description: Gold Production 6039 T Oz/Yr

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 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): OPERATION WAS SUPPOSEDLY SUPPLING THE GREEN SPRINGS PLANT, MAS SEQ 0320330511 WITH LOADED CARBON, AS OF 1990. MINE IS IN CLOSURE AS OF 1996. NONINAL HEAP LEACH PRODUCTION IN 1995. MINE ASLO ASSOCIATED WITH THE WINROCK MINE.

Comment (Ownership): USMX, INC SOLD THE PROPERTY & ITS ALLIGATOR RIDGE ASSETS TO PLACER DOME U.S. INC. FOR $15M IN AUGUST OF 1993.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P91.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVSION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P237.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P313.

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

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.