The Pete is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.9011, -116.28440
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Pete MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pete
Secondary: Carlin - 0320110027
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn District
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
Workings
Type: Surface
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: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1996
Discovery Year: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Franklinite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS ARE 2.6 KM OF ACCESS ROAD, 0.6 KM OF WATER LINES, AND 6.6 KM OF POWER LINES. WORKING SEASON IS YEAR ROUND AND LABOR IS AVAILABLE LOCALLY.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE, WA.
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL & FORM 10-K REPORTS.
Reference (Deposit): THE BUREAU OF MINES, WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER,
Reference (Deposit): THE ELKO DISTRICT, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ON FILE AT
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. MINES AND ORE BODIES IN THE CARLIN
Reference (Deposit): 1987.
Reference (Deposit): AT THE SME ANNUAL MEETING DENVER, COLORADO, FEBRUARY 24-27,
Reference (Deposit): ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA. SME PREPRINT 87-84, FOR PRESENTATION
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING
Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1994 ANNUAL & FORM 10-K REPORTS.
Reference (Deposit): MINING COMPANIES.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, 1996/97, U.S. MINES &
Reference (Deposit): 1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY.
Reference (Deposit): DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN TREND, EUREKA AND
Reference (Deposit): CHRISTENSEN, O. D., G. C. KNUTSEN, AND C. E. EKBURG.
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.
