Elder Creek Mine

The Elder Creek Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,500 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Elder Creek Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.30278, -116.84944

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Satelite image of the Elder Creek Mine

Elder Creek Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Elder Creek Mine
Secondary: Shoshone


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


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 (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000


References

Reference (Deposit): ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1989, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE ALTA GOLD COMPANY ELDER CREEK.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1992, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1991.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

Reference (Production): 1991 AND 1992 ANNUAL PRODUCTION: NBMG, 1992, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1991. NBMG MI-1993

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MI-1993


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.