Carlin East/Main/West Leeville

The Carlin East/Main/West Leeville is a gold and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,234 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: Carlin East/Main/West Leeville  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 6,234 Feet (1,900 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.9139, -116.31610

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Carlin East/Main/West Leeville MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Carlin East/Main/West Leeville


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
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: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

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


Production

Year: 1996
Description: Carlin East Ore Production 252197 Mt/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Carlin Main Ore Production 111584 Mt/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Total Gold Production 173800 T Oz/Yr


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1962
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 (Reserve-Resource): IN THE NEWMONT MINING 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 48, 49 & NEWMONT GOLD 10-K REPORT; RESOURCES OF CARLIN EAST & MAIN COMBINED. IN NEWMONT MINING 1996 ANNUAL REPORT THESE RESOURCES ARE COMBINED WEST LEEVILLE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY FILE INCLUDES NEWMONTS THE CARLIN UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS OF CARLIN EAST/MAIN; WEST LEEVILLE PROPERTIES: WEST LEEVILLE - HIGH DESERT JV IS NOT INCLUDED: THE PROPERTIES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CARLIN/PETE/LANTERN FILE BECAUSE THEY ARE SEPARATE UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS. CARLIN EAST COMMENCED PRODUCTION IN LATE 1994 CARLIN MAIN IN EARLY 1995; WEST LEEVILLE IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, FORM 10-K, 1995, P14.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, ANNUAL REPORT, 1995, PP. 40, 41.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, FORM 10-K, 1996, P16.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, ANNUAL REPORT, 1996, PP. 48, 49.

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


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.