The Ratto Canyon Deposit is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,316 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,316 Feet (2,230 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.4, -115.99999
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Ratto Canyon Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ratto Canyon Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Prospect Mountain District
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.
Administrative Organization: Battle Mountain BLM Administrative District
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Echo Bay Exploration, Inc.
Info Year: 2001
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: disseminated
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1970
Year Last Production: 1985
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian
Age Old: Late Cambrian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: gold
Comment (Development): The deposit was reportedly still in exploration phase in 1987. The topo map shows extensive drill roads, surface exploration trenching and 2 open pit mines on the Ratto Canyon side of Pinnacle Peak and Lookout Mountain in the vicinity of the probable deposit. Staccato website (2004) reports that ?Recent production (1970-1985) consists of 30,000-40,000 ounces Au produced from the adjacent Windfall Mine and the Ratto Canyon/Lookout Mountain Pits. ?
Comment (Location): The Ratto Canyon Deposit is located on the west side of Ratto Canyon on the east flanks of Pinnacle Peak and Lookout Mountain in the north part of the Fish Creek Range .
Comment (Workings): open pit
Comment (Economic Factors): IN 1984, a resource of about 200,000 ounces of gold was reported for the Ratto Canyon Deposit. The Ratto Canyon resource was described in 2006 as 5,400,000 tons of material grading 0.03 ounces of gold per ton with about 162,000 ounces of gold unmined.
Comment (Identification): This record encompasses the area described by earlier record, M242944. The current record includes all material from that record plus additional information.
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG MI-84; MI-86 thru MI-02
Reference (Deposit): NBMG Map 91, 1st, 2nd, 3rd. editions
Reference (Deposit): Nevada Land Status, 1990.
Reference (Deposit): Bonham, H.F., 1986, NBMG Map 91.
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): Bonham, H.F., 1988, in Nbmg MI-1987.
Reference (Deposit): Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Ruby Hill Project of Homestake Mining Company, January1997
Reference (Deposit): Roberts, et al., 1967, NBMG Bull 64.
Reference (Deposit): http://www.geologix.ca/s/Nevada.asp?ReportID=107208
URL: http://www.geologix.ca/s/Nevada.asp?ReportID=107208
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.
