Pete

The Pete is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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

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Site Name

Primary: Pete
Secondary: Carlin - 0320110027

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
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: Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1996
Discovery Year: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Franklinite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS ARE 2.6 KM OF ACCESS ROAD, 0.6 KM OF WATER LINES, AND 6.6 KM OF POWER LINES. WORKING SEASON IS YEAR ROUND AND LABOR IS AVAILABLE LOCALLY.

References

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE, WA.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL & FORM 10-K REPORTS.

Reference (Deposit): THE BUREAU OF MINES, WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER,

Reference (Deposit): THE ELKO DISTRICT, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ON FILE AT

Reference (Deposit): IMPORTANCE TO NEVADA'S ECONOMY: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO

Reference (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE PRODUCTION, AND

Reference (Deposit): TREND, NEVADA--AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR EXPLORATION,

Reference (Deposit): WINTERS, R. A. MINES AND ORE BODIES IN THE CARLIN

Reference (Deposit): 1987.

Reference (Deposit): AT THE SME ANNUAL MEETING DENVER, COLORADO, FEBRUARY 24-27,

Reference (Deposit): ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA. SME PREPRINT 87-84, FOR PRESENTATION

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING

Reference (Deposit): NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1994 ANNUAL & FORM 10-K REPORTS.

Reference (Deposit): MINING COMPANIES.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, 1996/97, U.S. MINES &

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY.

Reference (Deposit): DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN TREND, EUREKA AND

Reference (Deposit): CHRISTENSEN, O. D., G. C. KNUTSEN, AND C. E. EKBURG.

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.