West Leeville/Four Corners

The West Leeville/Four Corners is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,234 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: West Leeville/Four Corners  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 6,234 Feet (1,900 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.9139, -116.31610

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West Leeville/Four Corners MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: West Leeville/Four Corners
Secondary: Newmont/Barrick Hd Venture
Secondary: Carlin-West Leeville Jv


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Carlin Trend


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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
Percent: 40.00
Info Year: 1995

Owner Name: Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
Percent: 60.00
Info Year: 1995


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Discovery Year: 1994
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M


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 (Location): MILS LAT/LONG IS FOR THE CRALIN-WEST LEEVILLE MINE UNTIL A BETTER LOCATION CAN BE MADE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONTS PORTION IS 60% OF THESE TOTAL RESERVE/RESOURCE NUMBERS BARRICKS PORTION IS 40% OF THESE TOTAL RESERVE/RESOURCE NUMBERS RESOURCES RECORE 3 IS TOTAL RESOURCES OF RECORDS 1 & 2 WITH A WEIGHTED AVG ORE GRADE:

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES IN ADIT ARE ONLY FOR BARRICK GOLD CORP. PORTION (40%) THEY DO NOT INCLUDE NEWMONTS PORTION: NEWMONTS PORTION IS THE ADIT RECORD OF MAS FILE SEQ#0320110230 THE MAIN NEWMONT CARLIN FILE: RESERVES ARE AS OF 12/31/96; PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE AND DO NOT INCLUDED THE MINERALIZED MATERIAL STUFF:


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P36.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 FORM 40-F REPORT, P14.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 48-49.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEWMONT GOLD CO., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P16.


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.