Chimney Creek Deposit

The Chimney Creek Deposit is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chimney Creek Deposit
Secondary: Chimney Creek Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell 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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Fields Mining Corp., Subsidiary Of Consolidated Gold Fields Plc Of London.

Owner Name: Gold Fields Mining Corp., Alan Wright, Project Manager
Years: 1988 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1985
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Development): CLAIMS COVER 53 SQUARE MILES. COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATION PROGRAM WAS BEGUN IN 1985, INCLUDING GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS AND 180 RELATIVELY SHALLOW DRILL HOLES ON 100-FT CENTERS. GOLD FIELDS IS CONTINUING DRILLING, BULK SAMPLING, METALLURGICAL TESTING, HYDROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND REVIEWING PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS TO DETERMINE THE PROSPECT'S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL AND TO DELINEATE ANY OTHER POTENTIAL ORE BODIES. MINE WOULD EMPLOY 200 PERSONS IN OPEN PIT MINE. FEASIBILITY STUDY EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1986. TEST LOT WAS MINED IN 1986. PLANNED PRODUCTION IS 11000 TPD. ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION (1987) IS 150000 OZ AU PER YEAR.

Comment (Deposit): GENTLY DIPPING MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINING SIGNIFICANT GOLD VALUES FOUND IN AN AREA ABOUT 1600 BY 800 FT. ADDITIONAL GOLD MINERALIZATION WAS ENCOUNTERED IN SOME DRILL HOLES OUTSIDE THE MAIN MINERALIZED AREA, THOUGH THESE HOLES HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN ESTIMATING RESERVES.

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT; WILL BE OPEN PIT

Comment (Location): NE OF OSGOOD MOUNTAINS NEAR OLD GETCHELL MINE. UTM IS TO CENTER OF SEC 07 WHICH CONTAINS THE BULK OF THE CLAIMS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Commodity): PRELIMINARY METALLURGICAL TESTS INDICATE THAT THE ORE WOULD BE AMENABLE TO CONVENTIONAL GOLD-MILLING PROCESSES WITH RELATIVELY HIGH RECOVERIES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THIS FIGURE INCLUDES 6 MILLION TONS OF 0.18 OZ/TON GOLD.

References

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHEN MINER NEWS PAPER, NOV. 11, 1985.

Reference (Deposit): MINE SEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-85, METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO, VOL VII, P. 93-94.

Reference (Deposit): ORAL COMMUNICATION FROM JIM DELONG, 16 JUL. 1986, GEOLOGIST FORMERLY WITH GOLD FIELDS.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SOC. NEVADA, 1987, PRECIOUS METALS SYMPOSIUM, LECTURES, ABSTRACTS.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION BULL., OCT-NOV, 1985; BONHAM, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION BULLETIN, OCT-NOV., 1985.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, NOV. 13, 1985, P.3

Reference (Deposit): RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL, NOV. 11, 1985. P

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.