The Pattani Springs Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,316 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: 7,316 Feet (2,230 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.34917, -115.98389
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Pattani Springs Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pattani Springs Deposit
Secondary: Spaghetti Creek
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: Queenstake Resources
Info Year: 2006
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sediment-hosted Au
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1988
Year Last Production: 1989
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Economic Factors): Reported reserves in 1985 were 450 kilotonnes of ore grading 0.12 ounes of gold per tonne fora total of 54,000 contained ounces of gold.
Comment (Identification): All material from earlier MRDS record RE00267 has been incorporated into this record and updated.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHMAUCH, S. W., GABBY, P. N., LIPTON, D. A., 1992, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INDEPENDENCE RANGE SPECIAL STUDY AREA, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USBM MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT 17-92.
Reference (Deposit): LAPOINTE, D. D., TINGLEY, J. V., JONES, R. B., 1991, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 106.
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): Doe, T.C., Birak, D.J., and Dahl, A.R., 1990, Geology and exploration of the Burns Basin and Pattani Springs orebodies, Jerritt Canyon district, Elko County, Nevada [unpub. report]: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology mining district file #79A.
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.
