Newmont Carlin Mill #3

The Newmont Carlin Mill #3 is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Newmont Carlin Mill #3  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,562 Feet (2,000 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.6156, -116.01110

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Newmont Carlin Mill #3 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Newmont Carlin Mill #3


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin Trend


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.


Holdings

Type: Other
Type: Patented
Type: Minerals Only


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1988 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1988
Discovery Year: 1988
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

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): MILL #3 WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1988 TO TREAT ORE FROM THE RAIN OPEN PIT MINE. IT WAS DECOMMISSIONED IN LATE 1994 WHEN THE RAIN OPEN PIT ORE WAS DEPLETED. THE MILL RAN FOR 2 MONTHS IN 1995 AND AGAIN FOR 2 MONTHS IN 1996 TREATING RAIN UNDERGROUND ORE. CURRENTLY THE MILL IS OPERATED ON A BATCH BASIS IT OPERATED FOR 4 MONTHS IN 1996 AND IT IS SCHEDULED TO OPERATE FOR 2 MONTHS IN 1997.

Comment (Location): MILS LAT/LONG IS APPROXIMATE FOR THE RAIN PIT AREA.


References

Reference (Deposit): NEWMOUNT GOLD COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K, PP. 3, 4, 5.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMOUNT GOLD COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10-K, PP. 3, 4, 5.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.