The Ivanhoe is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,709 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,709 Feet (1,740 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.0692, -116.57610
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Ivanhoe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ivanhoe
Secondary: Hollister Mine 0320771121
Secondary: Butte Quicksilver 0320070211
Secondary: Velvet 0320071134
Secondary: Clementine 0320070488
Secondary: Hatter Project 0320070216
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Minerals Only
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Franco Nevada Mining (3-5% Nsr)
Info Year: 1994
Owner Name: Euro-Nevada Mining Corp. Ltd. (3-5% Nsr)
Info Year: 1994
Owner Name: Cornucopia Resources Ltd.
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Touchstone Resources Co. (Sub Of Cornucopia)
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Newmont Mining Corp.
Percent: 75.00
Info Year: 1996
Production
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production (Residual Leach) 10320 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Ore Production 564855 St/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Production 34836 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1991
Description: Ore Production 2049736 St/Yr
Year: 1991
Description: Gold Production 59978 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1990
Description: Ore Production 657363 St/Yr
Year: 1990
Description: Gold Production 5974 T Oz/Yr
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Precipitation
Year First Production: 1990
Discovery Year: 1983
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 (Production): HEAP LEACH OPERATION PLANNED FOR INITIAL PRODUCTION IN THE 1ST QTR.1989. EXPECTED ANNUAL PROD. LEVEL OF 50,000 OZ.AU. 1988 RESERVE=1,107,000 CONT.OZ.AU. NO REPORTED PRODUCTION FOR ENTIRE YEAR OF 1989. THE FIRST GOLD PRODUCTION SCHEDULED FOR 4TH QUARTER 1990. 1990. FAVORABLE DRILLING RESULTS INDICATE THAT THE
Comment (Names): HOLLISTER, HOLLISTER DEPOSTI, IVANHOE PROJECT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REC 1 NO REF FOR DATA ASSUMED OPEN PIT RESOURCES, NOW DEPLETED REC 3 DEEPER ORE (UNDERGROUND ???) HOLLISTER AND HATTER ZONES BASED ON DRILLING IN 1994. REC 5 DEEPER ORE IN CLEMENTINE, VELVET AND BUTTE ZONES.
References
Reference (Deposit): RELEASES, 1990-1992.
Reference (Deposit): CORNUICOPIA RESOPURCES LTD. & GALACTIC RESOURCES LTD., PRESS
Reference (Deposit): MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P29.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1991 DIRECTORY OF NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): 1995, PP. 329-330, 1996/1997, P. 252.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P 79.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING COMPANIES, 1994/
Reference (Deposit): 22, 1991 PRESS RELEASE.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 106, #12, MARCH 22, 1995, P6.
Reference (Deposit): GALACTIC RESOURCES TLD, AND CORNUCOPIA RESOURCES LTD. APRIL
Reference (Ownership): V106/N30. 7/26/95. 1P.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CORNUCOIA RESOURCES LTD, MARCH 5, 1990 PRESS RELEASE.
Reference (Ownership): MINING RECORD. "CORNUCOPIA GRANTED OPTION BY NEWMONT GOLD".
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 79, 107.
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.
