The Mill Creek Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,513 feet.
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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: 7,513 Feet (2,290 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.3428, -116.03650
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Mill Creek Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mill Creek Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jerritt Canyon District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Elko District U S Forest Service
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Freeport McMoRan
Years: 1990 -
Owner Name: Freeport McMoRan
Owner Name: Queenstake Resources
Info Year: 2006
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: replacement, Sediment-hosted Au
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: SILICIFICATION
Rocks
Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Ordovician
Age Old: Silurian
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Ordovician
Age Old: Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Realgar
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: GOLD
Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: PYRITE, REALGAR
Comment (Deposit): MICROMETER-SIZED GOLD GRAINS WITH OR WITHOUT PYRITE. ORE IS GENERALLY SULFIDE-RICH AND HIGHLY REFRACTORY.
Comment (Development): MAJOR GOLD DEPOSIT DISCOVERED BY FREEPORT 1985? - DEVELOPMENT WAS PROCEEDING IN 1986 AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT APPROVAL.
Comment (Economic Factors): Reserves in 1990 were reported as 1.3 milloin tons of ore grading 0.13 ounces of gold per ton opt Au for a total of 169,000 contained ounces of gold.
Comment (Identification): This record incorporates all pertinent material from earlier MRDS record # N000278, which could be deleted, as this record is more up to date.
Comment (Location): ON HILL BETWEEN MILL CREEK AND BURNS CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MCDERMITT (1971) 1:250000
Comment (Workings): PITS, DRILLING
References
Reference (Deposit): http://www.x-cal.com/news_releases/pdf/nr20050228.pdf
URL: http://www.wise-uranium.org/uousawy.html
Reference (Deposit): RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL, 6-15-86.
Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, OCT., 1986.
Reference (Deposit): DALY, W. E., AND OTHERS (IN PREPARATION FOR 1990 GSN GREAT BASIN SYMPOSIUM); GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE MOUNTAINS.
Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.
Reference (Deposit): SCHMAUCH, S. W., GABBY, P. N., AND LIPTON, D. A., 1992, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INDEPENDENCE RANGE SPECIAL STUDY AREA, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT 17-92.
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, 6/10/87
Reference (Deposit): FSL NORTHERN MINER, 4/7/86.
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.
