Continental Heap Leach

The Continental Heap Leach is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,560 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: Continental Heap Leach  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 3,560 Feet (1,085 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.4719, -114.92970

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Continental Heap Leach MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Continental Heap Leach
Secondary: Searchlight Parallel Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight


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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Continental Co
Company ID: 2601582
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.202

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 906-D 1938 P.173-174.

Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): 004IVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

Reference (Deposit): 005MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.


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.