The Easy Junior Mine is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Easy Junior Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Easy Junior Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Other
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Alta Gold Co.
Company ID: 2602090
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1989
Production
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 4934 Tr Oz
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 12396 Tr Oz
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 23589 Tr Oz
Year: 1990
Description: Gold Production 11580 Tr Oz
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: 1989
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 (Production): MINE IS DEPLETED. HEAP LEACH WILL BE IN OPERATION THROUGH 1996. CURRENTLY UNDERGOING EXPLORATION FOR MORE RESERVES. MINING WAS COMPLETED IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1994, BUT GOLD PRODUCTION WILL CONTINUE DURING 1996. EASY JUNIOR INCLUDES THE DECKER FLATS DEPOSIT WHICH IS BEING EXPLORED AS OF 1996 AND NIGHTHAWK RIDGE WHICH IS PRODUCING.
References
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P242.
Reference (Deposit): RANDON MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): P. 15.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 1, 29.
Reference (Production): ALTA GOLD CO. 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P12.
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.
