Mill Creek Deposit

The Mill Creek Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,513 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: Mill Creek Deposit

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: Elko District U S Forest Service

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Freeport McMoRan
Years: 1990 -

Owner Name: Freeport McMoRan

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: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: SILICIFICATION

Rocks

Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Ordovician
Age Old: Silurian

Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Ordovician
Age Old: Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Realgar

Comments

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: GOLD

Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: PYRITE, REALGAR

Comment (Deposit): MICROMETER-SIZED GOLD GRAINS WITH OR WITHOUT PYRITE. ORE IS GENERALLY SULFIDE-RICH AND HIGHLY REFRACTORY.

Comment (Development): MAJOR GOLD DEPOSIT DISCOVERED BY FREEPORT 1985? - DEVELOPMENT WAS PROCEEDING IN 1986 AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT APPROVAL.

Comment (Economic Factors): Reserves in 1990 were reported as 1.3 milloin tons of ore grading 0.13 ounces of gold per ton opt Au for a total of 169,000 contained ounces of gold.

Comment (Identification): This record incorporates all pertinent material from earlier MRDS record # N000278, which could be deleted, as this record is more up to date.

Comment (Location): ON HILL BETWEEN MILL CREEK AND BURNS CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MCDERMITT (1971) 1:250000

Comment (Workings): PITS, DRILLING

References

Reference (Deposit): http://www.x-cal.com/news_releases/pdf/nr20050228.pdf
URL: http://www.wise-uranium.org/uousawy.html

Reference (Deposit): RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL, 6-15-86.

Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, OCT., 1986.

Reference (Deposit): DALY, W. E., AND OTHERS (IN PREPARATION FOR 1990 GSN GREAT BASIN SYMPOSIUM); GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE MOUNTAINS.

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): SCHMAUCH, S. W., GABBY, P. N., AND LIPTON, D. A., 1992, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INDEPENDENCE RANGE SPECIAL STUDY AREA, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT 17-92.

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, 6/10/87

Reference (Deposit): FSL NORTHERN MINER, 4/7/86.

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.