Gold Acres

The Gold Acres is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,561 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

Name: Gold Acres  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.2575, -116.74250

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Gold Acres MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Acres
Secondary: Cortez Mill
Secondary: Cortez Gold Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Cortez District


Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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: Fee Ownership
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co.
Percent: 40.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Placer Dome U. S. Inc.
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1968
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): THIS OPEN PIT IS PART OF THE CORTEZ MINES MINING COMPLEX. SEE CORTEZ GOLD MINE (0320150509) FOR MORE DETAILS. IT IS ONE OF THREE OPEN PITS THAT SUPPLY THE CORTEZ MILL, MAS SEQ # 0320159011. ALL RESERVE/RESOURCES DATA AND ADIT DATA SEE CORTEZ GOLD MINE 0320150509. PIT IS NOW DEPLETED, AUG 1997:


References

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 65, 1964, P.156, 158.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. INDUS. COMM. DIR. OF ACTIVE NEV. MINE OPS., JAN. 31, 19

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 88, 1977, P. 76

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINE BULL.88,1977, P. 75

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

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P 237, "COTREZ MINES".

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P 195, "CORTEZ MINES".

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 16, 23, "CORTEZ MINES".

Reference (Deposit): WARGO, JOSEPH G. THE NEXT EXPLORATION STAGE FOR CARLIN-TYPE

Reference (Deposit): GOLD DEPOSITS. MINING ENGINEERING. VOL 31, NO 9, SEPTEMBER

Reference (Deposit): 1979, PP. 1321-1323.


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.