The Rossi Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Rossi Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rossi Gold Mine
Secondary: Storm
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Bootstrap
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Meridian Gold, Inc.
Info Year: 1997
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sediment-hosted Au
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1990
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Description: breccias
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Devonian
Name: Sedimentary Breccia
Role: Host
Description: Carbonate
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Identification): This deposit is located in the same area as the Rossi Barite Mine (MRDS record # M232821). The property was a barite mine preceding the discovery of the gold deposit.
Comment (Workings): The barite mine comprised at least 4 open pits, and was active in 1980, employing 15 persons.
Comment (Development): Originally, the Rossi Barite Mine was one of the two largest barite producers in the U.S., developed by at least 4 major pits. In 1997: Drill holes defined 2.5 Mtof gold-bearing ore grading 0.437 opt.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: Gold, barite
Comment (Deposit): The Rossi Barite Mine was one of the two largest barite producers in the U.S.
Comment (Economic Factors): In 1992, the Rossi (Storm) gold deposit was estimated to contain a remaining resource of 2300 kilotonnes of ore containing 33.98 tonnes of gold (Long and others, 1998).
References
Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette
Reference (Deposit): Teal and Jackson, 1997
Reference (Deposit): Teal and Jackson, 1997
Reference (Deposit): Smith, R.M. (1976-56) Mineral Resources of Elko Co. Nev., USGS Open-File Report
Reference (Deposit): State Inspector of Mines, (1981) Directory of Nevada Mining Activity-Active In 1980
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.
