Wind Mountain Mine

The Wind Mountain Mine is a gold mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wind Mountain Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe

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: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Amax Gold, Inc.
Company ID: 2602087
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1990

Owner Name: Wind Mountain Mining, Inc.
Company ID: 2602087
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1990

Production

Year: 1991
Description: Silver 405000 Oz
Year: 1991
Description: Gold 91000 Oz

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): OPERATION COVERS SECTIONS; 3 & 4, T. 29 N., R. 23 E., & 33 & 34 T. 30 N., R. 23 E. EXPECT TO MINE OUT RESERVES IN 1992. CRUSHER SHUT DOWN IN 7-91. IN RECLAIMATION

References

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 2, 29.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P279.

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

Reference (Deposit): AMAX GOLD, INC, 93, 94, 95 10-K REPORTS.

Reference (Deposit): AMAX GOLD, INC. 92, 93, 94, 95 ANNUAL REPORTS.

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1989, P. 76.

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

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.