The Smoky Valley Common Operation Mill is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,562 Feet (2,000 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.725, -117.08190
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Smoky Valley Common Operation Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smoky Valley Common Operation Mill
Secondary: Smoky Valley Com. Ops. Mine & Mill
Secondary: Smoky Valley Mill
Secondary: Round Mountain Mill
Secondary: Round Mountain Mine 0320230149
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Round/Smoky Mt
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: Other
Type: Minerals Only
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Utah Construction And Development
Company ID: 2600594
Info Year: 1989
Owner Name: Round Mountain Gold Corp., (Echo Bay Mines Ltd.)
Company ID: 2600594
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Bargold Inc., (Sub Of Case, Pomeroy And Co. Ltd.)
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
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: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
Year First Production: 1977
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): THE MILL FOR ROUND MOUNTAIN MINE, MAS SEQ# 0320230149. SEE THAT PROPERTY FILE FOR MORE DETAILS AND MORE COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY. ALSO SEE MSHA MINES ID & (BOM) RESPENDENT ID #2600503.
References
Reference (Deposit): MAS PROPERTY FILE SEQ# 0320230149, ROUND MOUNTAIN MINE.
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 69.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1989, P. 61.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1990, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
