The Mt Hamilton is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,890 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,890 Feet (2,100 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.275, -115.55250
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Mt Hamilton MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mt Hamilton
Secondary: Seligman Pit
Secondary: Nes Deposit
Secondary: Centennial Deposit
Secondary: Centennial Pit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Seligman Canyon
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: Fee Ownership
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Mount Hamilton Mining Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Westmont Gold, Inc.
Info Year: 1991
Owner Name: Cosatain Minerals (Retains A 2.0% Net Smelter Return)
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Queenstake Resources Usa Ltd. (2.5% Npi)
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Rea Gold Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1993 -
Production
Year: 1997
Description: Ore Production Increase, 1997 182000 Tonnes Per Month
Year: 1997
Description: Estimate Gold Production Seligman 25000 Tr Oz
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production Revised, Nov, 1996 30000 Tr Oz
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production-Seligman (Reported) 27100 Tr Oz
Year: 1995
Description: Planned Silver Production 193000 Tr Oz/Yr Silver
Year: 1995
Description: Planned Gold Production 55000 Tr Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1995
Description: Planned Ore Production 1179340 Mt/Yr Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1994
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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 PROPERTY FILE INCLUDES THE SELIGMAN PIT (NES DEPOSIT), & THE CENTENNIAL DEPOSIT AND PIT: THE CENTENNIAL PIT WILL COME INTO PRODUCTION WHEN THE NES DEPOSIT (SELIGMAN PIT) IS DEPLETED SOME TIME IN MID-1997. NEW GOLD ZONE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD TREND 55 MILES EAST OF ELY, NV (1995)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE RESERVES (NO MINERALIZED MATERIAL) AS OF 12/31/96:
Comment (Economic Factors): OPERATION AT THE CENTENNIAL PIT (MINE) WILL COMMENCE IN DEC. 97 AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 50,000 T OZ AU/YR.
Comment (Production): 1997 PRODUCTION AT THE SELIGMAN MINE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 25,000 TR OZ/YR. RECORDS 096 & 094 FORM COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, 4-21-97, P.11.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #5, JAN 29, 1997, P3.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #49, DEC., 4, 1996, P15.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #46, NOV., 13, 1996, P3.
Reference (Deposit): MT. HAMILTON". 11/15/96. 1P.
Reference (Deposit): REA GOLD NEWS RELEASE. "STARTUP OF CENTENNIAL DEFERRED AT
Reference (Deposit): MT. HAMILTON GOLD MINE". V106/N16. 4/19/95. P.9.
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD. "NEW OPERATING PLAN BEING PREPARED FOR THE
Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY., PP. 17, 29.
Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOLOGOY SPE PUB P-7, P12, 13.
Reference (Deposit): ECONOMY, THE NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, NEVADA BUREAU
Reference (Deposit): MAJOR MINES OF NEVADA 1995, MINERALS INDUSTRIES IN NEVADA'S
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 92.
Reference (Geology): COMPANIES, P338.
Reference (Geology): RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): REA GOLD CORPORATION, 1996 FORM 20-F REPORT, PP. 15-16.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P 260.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #49, 12/4/96, P15.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, NOV 8, 1995, P 1
Reference (Ownership): THE NORTHERN MINER VOL.70, #35, NOV 1, 1993, P3.
Reference (Production): REA GOLD CORPORATION 1996 FORM 20-F REPORT, PP. 4, 16.
Reference (Production): REA GOLD CORPORATION 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P12.
Reference (Production): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P201.
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.
