Bootstrap/Capstone/Tara Mine

Site Name

Primary: Bootstrap/Capstone/Tara Mine
Secondary: Antimony Ike
Secondary: Bootstrap Mine
Secondary: Boulder Creek - 0320070313
Secondary: Bootstrap Mine Dump
Secondary: Antimony Creek
Secondary: Antimony Pete

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Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend

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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.

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Holdings

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

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Workings

Type: Surface

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Ownership

Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Company ID: 2600501
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1984 -

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Production

Year: 1996
Description: Est Gold Production 38000 T Oz/Yr

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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: 1946
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Not available

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Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL: ACTIVE,ON-SITE,DUMP CYANIDE HEAP LEACH,CARBON ADSORPTION.PROCESSES 200000 T/A @ 54% AU RECOVERY.GOLD LOADED IN DRUMS & SHIPPED 19 KM TO CARLIN MILL FOR CAUSTIC CYANIDE & STRIP SOLUTIONS,ELECTOWINNING ON STEEL WOOL AND SMELTING TO DORE BULLION.

Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 56 KM NW OF CARLIN

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVER/RESOURCES DATA IN RECORD 9 IS TOTAL RESOURCES OF THE PROPERTY; PROV+PROB+MINZ MAT (INF-ORE) THE R-ASSAY GRADE IS A WEIGHTED AVG OF THE ORE GRADES; SEE RECORD 7 FOR PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE TOTALS AND GRADE AND RECORD 8 FOR MINERALIZED MAT. (INFERRED ORE) AND GRADE.

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL

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References

Reference (Deposit): RESEARCH, V. 4, NO. 1, 1975, P. 119-125.

Reference (Deposit): AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOUR. OF

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT, 1993, REPORT ON ACTIVITIES AND OUTLOOK., PP. 12, 13

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 10K, P16.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 14-15, 23.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996. PP. 172-177.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 261-263.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 339, 340.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINERALS ACTIVITY REPORT, JAN. 1990, P17.

Reference (Deposit): MINING MAGAZINE, OCT. 1989, PP. 263-267.

Reference (Deposit): MINES, E & M J, JAN. 1989, 23PP.

Reference (Deposit): THORSTAD, LINDS E., CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE PRODUCERS,

Reference (Deposit): SPORLEDER, L.E., NEWMONT: NEW PROJECTS, NEW METHODS, NEW

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., ALIGNMENT OF MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTH

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORP. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1983, 1984, P9, 22, 23

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORP. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1974, 1975, P12.

Reference (Deposit): 1984.

Reference (Deposit): TOUR 1, NV MIN. ASSOC. CONFERENCE, ELKO, NEVADA, SEPT. 7

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO), CARLIN GOLD MINING COMP.

Reference (Deposit): 1981, 263PP.

Reference (Deposit): GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE, V. II, AIME,

Reference (Deposit): 1980, RENO, NV, UONV, RENO, NV, 1980, 11PP.

Reference (Deposit): PAPER IN PROCEEDINGS FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON GOLD, APR. 21-24

Reference (Deposit): MCBETH, J. D., MINING PRACTICE AT CARLIN GOLD MINING COMP.

Reference (Deposit): AND SILVER ORES, E & M J, V184, #6, 1983, PP. 48-56.

Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, A., LEACHING AND PRECIPITATION TECHNOLOGY FOR GOLD

Reference (Deposit): JOUR., V. 184, NO. 7, 1983, PP. 38-43.

Reference (Deposit): THE REBIRTH OF GOLD MINING IN NEVADA. ENG. AND MIN.

Reference (Deposit): MONEY GENERATOR KEEPS ON RENEWING ITSELF AFTER SPARKING

Reference (Deposit): JACKSON, C. F., AND E. D. GARDNER. CARLIN GOLD, A NEWMONT

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 54, 1957, 190 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 1257PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE USGS, GEO SOC OF NEVADA, VOL 1 & 2, APRIL 1-5, 1990,

Reference (Deposit): THE GREAT BASIN, SYM. PROC. THE GEOLOGICAL SOC NEVADA &

Reference (Deposit): RAINS, G.L., AND OTHERS, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): USGS, PP 1267, 1985, 120PP.

Reference (Deposit): RADTKE, A.S. GEOLOGY OF THE CARLIN GOLD DEPOSIT, NEVADA,

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONUT GOLD COMPANY, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1987-91, 24PP.

Reference (Deposit): OFFICE, DENVER, COLORADO, DE. 1983.

Reference (Deposit): USBM CONATRACT #S0221028, MINERALS AVAILABILITY FIELD

Reference (Deposit): MORRISON-KNUDSEN COMP., INC., BUMINES, MINE/DEPOSIT RPT.,

Reference (Deposit): MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1989, PP256-261.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 619-623.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, RICHARD B. CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT, THE GEOLOGY MINING

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, GEO SOC OF NEVADA, 1991,

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY. NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F. LEE.

Reference (Deposit): 8969, 47 PP.

Reference (Deposit): EVANS, J. G., AND T. E. MULLENS. THE BOOTSTRAP WINDOW, ELKO

Reference (Deposit): LEACHING PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES. BUMINES IC

Reference (Deposit): CHAMBERLAIN, P. G., AND M. G. POJAR. GOLD AND SILVER

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P16.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 48, 49.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1995 FROM 10K REPORT, P14.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 40, 41.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1994 FORM 10K, P13.

Reference (Deposit): SUBDISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; IN GEOLOGY AND ORE

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, D.E., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BOOTSTRAP

Reference (Deposit): USGS, OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): STANFORD UNIV., STANFORD, CA, 1977, 149 PP.

Reference (Deposit): DISSEMINATED GOLD INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE, MS THESIS,

Reference (Deposit): SHANLEY, F. E., A GEOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): SCIENCES. USGS, PP400-B, 1960, PP. B17-B19.

Reference (Deposit): CENTRAL NEVADA, PAPER IN SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGICAL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT, NEW HORIZONS, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 28, 29.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT, 1993 REPORT ON ACTIVITIES & OUTLOOK, PP. 28-29.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 10K, P16.

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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.