The Bobcat is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,879 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.9478, -116.37280
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Bobcat MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bobcat
Secondary: Genesis - 0320110270
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1995
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Discovery Year: 1990
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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): PART OF GENESIS (0320110270) FOR RESERVE/RESOURCE PURPOSES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE, WA.
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Reference (Deposit): IMPORTANCE TO NEVADA'S ECONOMY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO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., 1989, MINES AND ORE BODIES IN THE CARLIN
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.
