Gnome

The Gnome is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,640 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

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Site Name

Primary: Gnome
Secondary: Rain - 0320070271
Secondary: Rain Area

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Type: Unknown
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Discovery Year: 1979
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): PRODUCTION DATA SEE RAIN FILE.

References

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P246.

Reference (Deposit): Longo, Anthony A., Thompson, Tommy B., and Harlan, J. Bruce, 2002, GEOLOGIC OVERVIEW OF THE RAIN SUBDISTRICT; in NBMG Bulletin 111, pp. 168-189 http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b111/rain.pdf
URL: http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b111/rain.pdf

Reference (Deposit): WINTERS, R. A., 1989, MINES AND OREBODIES IN THE CARLIN TREND, NEVADA--AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE PRODUCTION, AND IMPORTANCE TO NEVADA'S ECONOMY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO THE ELKO DISTRICT, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ON FILE AT THE BUREAU OF MINES, WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, SPOKANE, WA.

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.