North Sammy Creek Deposit

The North Sammy Creek Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,700 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: North Sammy Creek Deposit
Secondary: Big Springs

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Independence Mountains; Tuscarora

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Independence Mining Co., Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1987
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL REPORTED "ABOUT 1.163 MILLION ST OF MINEABLE OR GRADING 0.110 OZ/ST GOLD WERE ADDED TO RESERVES BY EXPLORATION AT BIS SPRINGS SOUTH SAMMY CREEK OREBODY."

Comment (Production): MI-1992 LISTS "PRODUCTION" FOR "BIG SPRINGS (SAMMY CREEK)" SO THESE FIGURES MAY INCLUDE ORE FROM OTHER OREBODIES THAT FEED THE BIG SPRINGS MINE.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: OPEN PIT, HEAP LEACH MINE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MI-1992 LISTS "RESERVES/RESOURCES" FOR "BIG SPRINGS (SAMMY CREEK)" SO THESE FIGURES MAY INCLUDE ORE FROM OTHER OREBODIES THAT FEED THE BIG SPRINGS MINE.

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WELLS (1970) 1:250000

Comment (Deposit): NORTH SAMMY CREEK IS ONE OF THREE DEPOSITS WHICH COMPRISE THE BIG SPRINGS MINE DEVELOPED BY FREEPORT-MCMORAN GOLD CO. (NOW INDEPENDENCE MINING CO.). SEE RECORDS W700399 (SOUTH SAMMY CREEK DEPOSIT) AND M242936 (MAC RIDGE DEPOSIT) FOR THE OTHER TWO.

References

Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 84 P.

Reference (Deposit): USDA FOREST SERVICE, 1987, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - BIG SPRINGS PROJECT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, 1987, A STUDY OF ACTIVE U.S. GOLD MINES: BOULDER, CO, PP. 68-72

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F.JR, AND HESS, R. H., 1993, MAJOR PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS, IN THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1992, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUB., MI-1992, P18

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1988, FEBRUARY, P.65

Reference (Production): MI-1992

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MI 1992 (NBMG)

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.