Jerritt Canyon Mill

The Jerritt Canyon Mill is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,316 feet.

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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: Jerritt Canyon Mill  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,316 Feet (1,925 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.405, -115.89890

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Jerritt Canyon Mill MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Jerritt Canyon Mill
Secondary: Jerritt Canyon Mine 0320070879
Secondary: Any Many, Many More See Main File.


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Roberts District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Other
Type: Minerals Only


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Ranch Cryogenics, Inc
Info Year: 1990

Owner Name: Fmc Gold Co.
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Independence Mining Co.
Percent: 70.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Electrostatic-Magnetic
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Year First Production: 1990
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): MILL FOR THE JERRITT CANYON OP/UG OPERATION (0320070879), (MAIN FILE).

Comment (Ownership): REC #3 FORMER OPERATOR ?, 1991 DATA.


References

Reference (Deposit): FMC GOLD COMPANY, NEWS RELEASE'S, 1990, 1991.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P 253.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1996/1997, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 12, 22.

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 22.

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

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 24.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES DIRECTORY, 1996, PP. 137, 138.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE


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.