Horse Canyon

The Horse Canyon is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,301 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Horse Canyon

State: Nevada

County: Eureka

Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.1472, -116.54580

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Horse Canyon MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Horse Canyon
Secondary: Cortez Mine 0320150509
Secondary: Cortez Mill 0320159011
Secondary: Gold Acres 0320150008
Secondary: Horse Canyon Pit Cortez Complex

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Cortez Mountains

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Patented
Type: Minerals Only
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Placer Dome Us Inc. (Sub Of Placer Dome Ltd.)
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1989
Years: 1989 -

Owner Name: Cortez Gold Mines Jv
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1989 -

Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co. (Sub Of Rtz Corp.)
Percent: 40.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1989
Years: 1989 -

Owner Name: Cortez Gold Mines
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1991 -

Production

Year: 1983
Description: Dore Buttons;Estimated 1200 Kg Au/Yr 6000 Kg Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Ion Exchange-Electrowin
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Solvent-Extract-Precipitation
Year First Production: 1981
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

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

Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Clay
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Iron Oxides-Hydrated

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 100 KM SW OF ELKO GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL MILL: CORTEZ MILL 22 KM FROM MINE,ACTIVE, AGGITATED CYANIDE LEACH, (CIL-CARBON IN BACK), PRESSURE STRIPPING, ELECTROLYSIS -STEEL WOOL, SMELTING,1800 T/D CAPACITY. PRODUCTION: MINE PRODUCES APPROX. 66000 T/A ORE @ 3:1 (WASTE TO ORE RATIO). THIS IS PART OF THE CORTEZ MINING COMPLEX WHICH IS COMPOSED OF THIS OP PLUS THE GOLD ACRES PIT (0320150008), CORTEZ MINE (0320150509) THE CORTEZ MILL (0320159011) & CRESENT PIT. PEFR RECEIVED MARCH,1985 FOR HORSE CANYON AND PEFR REVIEWED-- HOWEVER, INFO. IS NOW VERY DATED. PROD./RES./PLANNING DATA IS UNDER SEQ.NO. 0320150509.

Comment (Economic Factors): MINE EQUIPMENT IS LEASED; MILL EQUIPMENT APPROXIMATELY 14 YRS OLD.

Comment (Ownership): JV OWNERS: PLACER DOME U.S./ KENNECOTT CORP./ VERNON TAYLOR,JR. CORTEZ JOINT VENTURE COMPRISED OF PLACER AMEX, INC. MANAGING PARTNER, KENNECOTT, AND VERNON F. TAYLOR JR.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): TONNAGE AND GRADE INCLUDE 5% DILUTION

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SEE BIBLI REF. FUTURE DATA WILL BE IN CORTEZ MINE FILE.

Comment (Economic Factors): PORTION OF MINE COSTS ARE FOR CORTEZ DUMP ORE, PERHAPS $1.00 T.

References

Reference (Deposit): CORTEZ-BUCKHORN AREA, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 750-C, 1971, PP. C127-C135.

Reference (Deposit): 785. WESTERN MINER (VANCOUVER, BC). ALIVE IN THE WEST:

Reference (Deposit): CANADIAN EXPLORATION AND MINING; WIDE-RANGING INTERESTS OF

Reference (Deposit): PLACER DEVELOPMENT. V. 57, NO. 4, APR. 1984, PP.9-12.

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

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 40.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 564. PLACER DEVELOPMENT LTD. ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1982. SECURITIES AND

Reference (Reserve-Resource): EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 1983, 67 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 426. MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST. U.S. MINE/PLANT ACTIVITY -

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: PLACER AMEX, INC. ENG. AND MIN. J. INT.

Reference (Deposit): DIRECTORY, V. 9, NO. 8, 1983, P. 4.

Reference (Deposit): 513. NEW MEXICO PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). OF MINES AND MEN.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 75, AUG. 1983, P. 8A.

Reference (Deposit): 593. ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 64, 1967, 152 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 692. STEVENS, D. L. AND R. B. HAWKINS. A COMPARISON OF

Reference (Deposit): THE GOLD MINERALIZATION AT JERRITT CANYON, NEVADA, WITH

Reference (Deposit): OTHER DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BASIN AND RANGE

Reference (Deposit): REGION. PRES. AT AIME CIRCUMPACIFIC ENERGY AND MINER.

Reference (Deposit): 90. CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

Reference (Deposit): BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

Reference (Deposit): 100. CORTEZ GOLD MINES. UNTITLED COMPANY REPORT

Reference (Deposit): DESCRIBING ITS CORTEZ MINING DISTRICT OPERATIONS.

Reference (Deposit): SEPT. 1983, 6 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 170. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN

Reference (Deposit): MINING: CORTEZ GOLD MINES. V. 184, NO. 6, 1983, P. 119.

Reference (Deposit): 219. GILLULY, J., AND H. MASURSKY. GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ

Reference (Deposit): QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 1175, 1965, 117 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 169. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING: NEVADA. V. 184, NO. 6, 1983, PP. 45, 119.

Reference (Deposit): 27. BAGBY, W. C. SEDIMENT-HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: A REVIEW OF THEIR GEOLOGIC

Reference (Deposit): CHARACTERISITCS. ABSTR. NO. 33,496 IN ABSTRACTS WITH

Reference (Deposit): PROGRAMS, 1984. 97TH ANNU. MEETING, GEOL. SOC. AM.,

Reference (Deposit): NOVEMBER. 5-8, 1984, RENO, NV, P. 434.

Reference (Deposit): 84. CHENDER, M. (ED.). GOLD PROJECTS IN THE UNITED

Reference (Deposit): STATES: A MINE- SEARCH REPORT. MET. ECON. GROUP, BOULDER,

Reference (Deposit): CO, 1983, 142 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1312P, 1971, 18

Reference (Deposit): PP.

Reference (Deposit): RESOUR. CONF., HONOLULU, HA, AUG. 1982, 13 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 781. WELLS, J. D., J. E. ELLIOTT, AND J. D. OBRADOVICH.

Reference (Deposit): AGE OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS ASSOCIATED WITH ORE DEPOSITS,

Reference (Deposit): 780. WELLS, J. D., AND J. E. ELLIOTT. GEOCHEMICAL

Reference (Deposit): RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CORTEZ-BUCKHORN AREA, SOUTHERN CORTEZ

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.