Rain Area

The Rain Area is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,339 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rain Area
Secondary: Rain - 0320070271
Secondary: SMZ

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Solvent-Extract-Precipitation
Discovery Year: 1979
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): INCLUDED WITH RAIN (0320070271) FOR RESERVE/RESOURCE PURPOSES. INCLUDED WITH CARLIN OPERATIONS (0320110132) FOR ADIT AND EVALUATION PURPOSES.

Comment (Economic Factors): SEE THE RAIN FILE FOR PRODUCTION DATA.

Comment (Identification): Singer, D.A., Open-File Report 96-2 treats SMZ as a separate deposit from Rain-Gnome.

References

Reference (Deposit): IMPORTANCE TO NEVADA'S ECONOMY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO

Reference (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE PRODUCTION, AND

Reference (Deposit): TREND, NEVADA--AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR EXPLORATION,

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE, WA.

Reference (Deposit): WINTERS, R. A., 1989, MINES AND OREBODIES IN THE CARLIN

Reference (Deposit): THE BUREAU OF MINES, WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER,

Reference (Deposit): THE ELKO DISTRICT, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ON FILE AT

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.