The Main Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,398 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,398 Feet (2,255 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.1222, -114.36390
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Main Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Main Deposit
Secondary: West Ridge Deposit
Secondary: Kinsley Mine
Secondary: Kinsley Mountain Mine
Secondary: Kinsely Mountain
Secondary: Upper Ridge Deposit
Secondary: Access Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Cominco American Resources Inc./Usmx Inc.
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Alta Gold Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -
Production
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Mined @ 0.0517 Opt Au 1267660 St Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Mined @ 0.0322 Opt Au 1853196 St Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 44552 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 40667 Tr Oz/Yr
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1994
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 (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE RESERVES, 12/31/96,
Comment (Location): PART OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. THE MILS TOWNSHIP/RANGE AND SECTION ARE IN WHITE PINE COUNT, NEV. POSSIBLE DUPLICATE MAS FILE IS KINSLEY SEQ# 0320330403, SAME MILS TOWNSHIP/RANGE AND SECTION, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LAT/LONG.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY ALSO IN T26N/R68E, SEC 14, 18, 19.
Comment (Ownership): IN APRIL 1994 ALTA PURCHASED 100% INTEREST IN PROPERTY FROM COMINCO & USMX.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 9.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, #697, JULY 1997, P17.
Reference (Deposit): SPECIAL-PUBLICATION P-7, 1996, PP. 12, 13.
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P253.
Reference (Deposit): MAJOR MINES OF NEVADA, 1995, THE NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1996/97, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 1, 22.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL, 106, #23, 06/07/95, P7.
Reference (Deposit): COMINCO RESOURCES, 1993 ANNUAL REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL, 104, #44, 11/03/93, P7.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54, 1957, P104.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K, P3.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1995, ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 9.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P17.
Reference (Deposit): 1995, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1995, PP. 2, 11, 22.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-
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.
