Haywood Leach Facility

The Haywood Leach Facility is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Haywood Leach Facility

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Nevex Gold Co., Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1987

Owner Name: Canyon Resources Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1987
Years: 1987 -

Owner Name: Oliver Hill Mining Co., Inc.
Company ID: 2601675
Info Year: 1989
Years: 1989 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1989
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Ownership): IN 1987 CANYON RESOURCES CORP. MERGED WITH AND ACQUIRED NEVEX GOLD COMPANY, INC.

References

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 56.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1993, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1989, P. 54.

Reference (Deposit): ACQIIRES NEVEX GOLD".

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1990, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V98, #48, DECEMBER 2, 1987, P1, "CANYON

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.