Burns Basin Gold Deposit

The Burns Basin Gold Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,218 feet.

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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: Burns Basin Gold Deposit  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 7,218 Feet (2,200 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.3421, -116.00100

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Burns Basin Gold Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Burns Basin Gold Deposit
Secondary: Burns Basin Section 21
Secondary: Burns Basin Section 16


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jerritt Canyon District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Humboldt National Forest, Mountain City Ranger District


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Hackworth Dilling
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Independence Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: George Delong Construction
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Independence Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1991

Owner Name: Freeport

Owner Name: Queenstake Resources
Info Year: 2006


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: replacement, Sediment-hosted Au
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Silurian
Age Old: Middle Ordovician

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Devonian
Age Old: Wenlock


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Identification): This record incorporates all pertinent material from earlier MRDS records # M242937, which could be deleted, as this record is more up to date.

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: gold

Comment (Development): The mine was reported to be in pre-production stages in 1987.

Comment (Deposit): THE BURNS BASIN OPEN PIT GOLD MINE LIES IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF, BUT DOES NOT ENCOMPASS, THE HISTORIC BURNS BASIN ANTIMONY MINE.


References

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F. (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEV., NBMG BULL 61, P47.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1986. NBMG MAP 91, AND IN NBMG MI-1987.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOC. BULL., APRIL 1980.

Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, OCT, 1986, "JERRITT CANYON STARTS LEACHING, DEVELOPING OTHER PROJECTS; NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 79-A.

Reference (Deposit): LAPOINTE, D. D., TINGLEY, J. V., JONES, R. B., 1991, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 106.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994

Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.

Reference (Deposit): Doe, T.C., Birak, D.J., and Dahl, A.R., 1990, Geology and exploration of the Burns Basin and Pattani Springs orebodies, Jerritt Canyon district, Elko County, Nevada [unpub. report]: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology mining district file #79A.

Reference (Deposit): LONG AND OTHERS, 1998

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 29.


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.