The West Leeville/Four Corners is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,234 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,234 Feet (1,900 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.9139, -116.31610
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West Leeville/Four Corners MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Leeville/Four Corners
Secondary: Newmont/Barrick Hd Venture
Secondary: Carlin-West Leeville Jv
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
Percent: 40.00
Info Year: 1995
Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 60.00
Info Year: 1995
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Discovery Year: 1994
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M
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 (Location): MILS LAT/LONG IS FOR THE CRALIN-WEST LEEVILLE MINE UNTIL A BETTER LOCATION CAN BE MADE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONTS PORTION IS 60% OF THESE TOTAL RESERVE/RESOURCE NUMBERS BARRICKS PORTION IS 40% OF THESE TOTAL RESERVE/RESOURCE NUMBERS RESOURCES RECORE 3 IS TOTAL RESOURCES OF RECORDS 1 & 2 WITH A WEIGHTED AVG ORE GRADE:
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES IN ADIT ARE ONLY FOR BARRICK GOLD CORP. PORTION (40%) THEY DO NOT INCLUDE NEWMONTS PORTION: NEWMONTS PORTION IS THE ADIT RECORD OF MAS FILE SEQ#0320110230 THE MAIN NEWMONT CARLIN FILE: RESERVES ARE AS OF 12/31/96; PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE AND DO NOT INCLUDED THE MINERALIZED MATERIAL STUFF:
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P36.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 FORM 40-F REPORT, P14.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 48-49.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD CO., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P16.
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.
