Cortez Gold Mines Refinery/Mill

The Cortez Gold Mines Refinery/Mill is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,921 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cortez Gold Mines Refinery/Mill
Secondary: Cortez Mill

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Cortez District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Cortez Gold Mines Joint Venture
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1975 -

Owner Name: Kennecott Corp. (Rtz-Cra)
Percent: 40.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Placer Dome U. S., Inc.
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
Year First Production: 1968
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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): THIS IS THE MILL WHICH PROCESSES CORTEZ MINING COMPLEX ORE FROM HORSE CANYON (0320110228), GOLD ACRES PITS (0320150008), CORTEZ MINE (MAIN CORTEZ MINE MAS PROPERTY FILE - 0320150509).

Comment (Production): SEE MAIN FILE FOR PRODUCTION DATA.

References

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 30.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978, P. 25.

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

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P51.

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

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P237.

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.