Number 8

The Number 8 is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,135 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Number 8
Secondary: South Pit See Comments
Secondary: Genesis - 0320110270
Secondary: Blue Star Mine
Secondary: North Pit
Secondary: East Pit

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Carlin Trend

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Company ID: 2600500
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1995

Production

Year: 1980
Description: Dore Bars Weighing 34 Kg Each 1240 Kg Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1975
Discovery Year: 1957
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Turquoise
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Clay
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Stibnite

Comments

Comment (Geology): IN UPPER PLATE OF ROBERTS MTNS. THRUST FAULT. SANDY SILTSTONE IS THE FAVORED HOST;CHRTY SHALE;QUARTZITE SANDSTONE CONTAINS SOME ORE;DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE;SANDY CAL- CAREOUS SILTSTONE;DACITE DIKES;QTZ.DIORITE PLUG 3 KM N.; JASPEROID NEAR ORE.

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL: AGITATED CYANIDE LEACH,CCD,OXIDATION-CHLORINATION PRETREATMENT FOR CARBONACEOUS ORE,CCD WASH,MERRILL-CROWE ZN PRECIPITATION, SMELTING: MILL GRADE TRUCKED 8 KM TO CARLIN.

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL ORE BODY SIZE: SMALL

Comment (Workings): ENVIRONMENTAL DATA, SEE GENESIS/NORTH STAR DEPOSIT, MAS SEQ # 0320110270.

Comment (Exploration): IN 1968 NEWMONT ACQUIRED PROPERTY AND SUBSEQUENT DRILLING DEFINED 3 ORE BODIES (NORTH,SOUTH AND EAST),THOSE RESERVES ARE DESCRIBED ABOVE.

Comment (Geology): OTHER MINERALS PRESENT ARE "EUCHROITE" AN HYDRATED CU AS O2 & TURQUOISE.

References

Reference (Deposit): SEPTEMBER 7, 1984, 9 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 570. RADTKE, A. S. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AREA OF

Reference (Deposit): THE CARLIN AND BLUE STAR GOLD DEPOSITS, EUREKA COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP

Reference (Deposit): MF-552, 1974, SCALE 1:12,000.

Reference (Deposit): 593. ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 64, 1967, 152 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 616. SHANLEY, F. E. A GEOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF

Reference (Deposit): THE DISSEMINATED GOLD INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE. M.S.

Reference (Deposit): THESIS, STANFORD UNIV., STANFORD, CA, 1977, 149 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUR.

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND GEOL. OFR 82-9, 1982, 4 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 90. CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

Reference (Deposit): BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

Reference (Deposit): 132. ELEVATORSKI, E. A. DISSEMINATED/REPLACEMENT GOLD

Reference (Deposit): 458. MORRISSEY, F. R. TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 17, 1968, 30 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 505. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). CARLIN GOLD MINING

Reference (Deposit): CO. TOUR 1, NV MIN. ASSOC. CONFERENCE ELKO, NEVADA,

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS. MINOBRAS, 1981, 114 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 182. EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RODEO CREEK NE

Reference (Deposit): QUADRANGLE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): QUAD. MAP GQ-1116, 1974, SCALE 1:24,000.

Reference (Deposit): 183. EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGY OF THE RODEO CREEK NE AND

Reference (Deposit): WELCHES CANYON QUADRANGLES, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1473, 1980, 81 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 319. JACKSON, C. F., AND E. D. GARDNER. CARLIN GOLD, A

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MONEY GENERATOR KEEPS ON RENEWING ITSELF AFTER

Reference (Deposit): SPARKING THE REBIRTH OF GOLD MINING IN NEVADA. ENG. AND

Reference (Deposit): MIN. J., V. 184, NO. 7, 1983, PP. 38-43.

Reference (Deposit): 398. MCBETH, J. D. MINING PRACTICE AT CARLIN GOLD MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANY. PAPER IN PROCEEDINGS FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON GOLD

Reference (Deposit): (APR. 21-24, 1980, RENO, NV). UNIV. NV, RENO,

Reference (Deposit): NV, 1980, 11 PP.

Reference (Deposit): NV, MARCH 25-28, 1984, PP. 27.

Reference (Deposit): 61. BONHAM, H. F., JR. RESERVES, HOST ROCKS, AND AGES OF

Reference (Reserve-Resource): OF THE BLUE STAR GOLD DEPOSIT NEAR CARLIN, NEVADA. REP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DISTRIBUTED AT PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MINER. IND. CONF.,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): STATELINE, NV, 1977, 11 PP.; AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM

Reference (Deposit): 59. BLOOMSTEIN, E. I. AMMONIA ALTERATION IS A

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEMICAL LINK IN GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN-MIDAS

Reference (Deposit): BELT. ABSTR. IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN CORDILLERA. SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 517. NOBLE, L. L., J. VALIQUETT, AND C. EKBURG. GEOLOGY

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.