Pete Deposit

The Pete Deposit is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,951 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: Pete Deposit  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.90917, -116.30667

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Pete Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pete Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn; Carlin Trend


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1988 FIGURES: MEASURED, INDICATED AND INFERRED GEOLOGIC RESOURCES. 1989 FIGURES: MEASURED, INDICATED AND INFERRED GEOLOGIC RESOURCES AS OF DECEMBER 27, 1989 USING A CUTOFF GRADE OF 0.010 OPT AU.

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = RODEO CREEK NE (1968) 1:24000


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1988 FIGURES: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JUNE, 1988, P. 3A. 1989 FIGURES: MCFARLANE, D. N., 1991, GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843. NBMG MI-1993

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1992, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1991.

Reference (Deposit): MCFARLANE, D. N., 1991, GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843.

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

Reference (Deposit): CHRISTENSEN, O. D., KNUTSEN, G. C., AND EKBURG, C. E., 1987, DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN TREND, EUREKA AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT NUMBER 87-84, 7 P.

Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JUNE, 1988, P. 3A.

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1991, DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, BETZE PROJECT.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1987, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1986.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1988, ANNUAL REPORT FORM 10-K FOR 1987.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1989.


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.