Emigrant Springs

The Emigrant Springs is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,332 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: Emigrant Springs  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,332 Feet (1,930 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.6169, -115.99440

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Emigrant Springs MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Emigrant Springs
Secondary: Rain - 0320070271
Secondary: Rain Area
Secondary: Rain/Smz/Emigrant Springs/Gnome


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend


Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


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: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Discovery Year: 1982
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 (Economic Factors): FOR PRODUCTION DATA AND HISTORY SEE RAIN FILE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ALL RESERVE/RESOURCES DATA POST 1995 ONWARD COMBINED WITH RAIN FILE - 0320070271. DATA IS FOR 1993, DEC 31. (1994)


References

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1995, ANN RPT & FORM 10-K.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P242.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1996/1997, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT FORM 10-K, 1994.

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE, WA.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT ANNUAL REPORTS, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.

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

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

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

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT ANNUAL REPORT, 1993, PP. 12, 13.


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.