List of active gold mines in Nevada

Emigrant
Las Vegas
Sterling
Borealis
Round Mountain
Denton-Rawhide
Robinson
Lucerne
Reno
Ruby Hill
Bald Mountain
Cortez Hills
Pipeline
Rochester
Fire Creek
Phoenix
Florida Canyon
Marigold
Lone Tree
Hycroft
Betz-Post
Meikle
Storm
Hollister
Pinson
Turquoise
Midas
Twin Creeks
Starvation Canyon
Jerritt Canyon
Gold mines in Nevada, with Las Vegas and Reno for reference.

Gold mining is a major industry in the U.S. State of Nevada. In 2013 mining overall contributed $9.04 billion to the state's economy, $8.1 billion from gold and silver mining. Gold production from Nevada is higher than any other U.S. state, 5,436,430 troy ounces (169,090 kg) in 2013, accounting for 75% of all gold produced in the United States and 6.1% of the world's total production. The Nevada mining industry supported an average of 15,323 direct employees in 2013, with about 65,000 additional jobs related to providing goods and services needed by the mining industry.[1][2]

The following is a list of active gold mines in Nevada.

List of active gold mines

Mine Owner County Production [1] (Year) References
Bald Mountain mine Kinross Gold White Pine 95,497 (2013) [1][3][4]
Betz-Post mine Barrick Gold Eureka 521,489 (2013) [1][5]
Borealis Mine Gryphon Gold Corporation Mineral 10,556 (2013) [1]
Coeur Rochester mine Coeur Mining Pershing 30,860[5] (2013) [6]
Cortez Gold Mine[7] Barrick Gold Lander & Eureka 1,371,148 (2013) [1][7]
Denton-Rawhide Mine Rawhide Mining, LLC Mineral 23,900 (2013) [1]
Eastern Nevada Operations [2] Newmont Mining Corporation Eureka & Churchill 1,020,791 (2013) [1]
Emigrant [2] Newmont Mining Corporation Elko ~73,000 (2013) [8]
Fire Creek mine Klondex Mines Ltd Lander 6,208 (2013) [1][9]
Florida Canyon mine Jipangu International Pershing 46,152 (2013) [1]
Hollister mine, former Ivanhoe Waterton Global Mining Co. Elko 26,641 (2013) [1]
Hycroft mine Allied Nevada Gold Corporation Humboldt 181,941 (2013) [1][10]
Jerritt Canyon mine [6] Veris Gold Corp. Elko 139,556 (2013) [11]
Lone Tree mine Newmont Mining Corporation Humboldt 22,931 (2013) [1]
Lucerne mine Comstock Mining Inc Storey 17,739 (2013) [1]
Marigold mine Silver Standard Resources Humboldt 161,062 (2013) [1]
Meikle mine [3] Barrick Gold Elko 360,578 (2013) [1]
Midas mine, former Ken Snyder Klondex Mines Ltd Elko 52,195 (2013) [1]
Mineral Ridge mine Scorpio Gold Corp, Waterton Global Esmeralda 39,160 (2013) [1]
Phoenix project Newmont Mining Corporation Lander 202,055 (2013) [1]
Pinson mine Atna Resources Ltd Humboldt 5,183 (2013) [1]
Robinson Mine KGHM Polska Miedź White Pine 47,452[4] (2013) [1]
Round Mountain mine Kinross Gold Nye 314,886 (2013) [1][4]
Ruby Hill mine Waterton Global Eureka 91,074 (2013) [1][12][4]
Sterling mine Imperial Metals Nye 7,500 (2013) [1]
Storm mine Barrick Gold Elko 9,503 (2013) [1]
Turquoise Ridge Joint Venture[8] Barrick Gold & Newmont Mining Humboldt 223,189 (2013) [1]
Twin Creeks Mine Newmont Mining Corporation Humboldt 406,847 (2013) [1]

Notes

  • ^[1] Listed in troy ounces of gold.
  • ^[2] Newmont's Eastern Nevada Operations consist of 25 mines.[1]
  • ^[3] Includes Meikle and Rodeo underground mines.[5]
  • ^[4] Also produced 107,898,857 pounds of copper.[1]
  • ^[5] Also produced 2.799 million oz of silver.[6]
  • ^[6] Includes SSX-Steer, Smith and Starvation Canyon underground mines.[13]
  • ^[7] Includes Pipeline and South Pipeline open pits and Cortez Hills open pit and underground mines.
  • ^[8] Includes Getchell and Turquoise Ridge underground mines.

See also

Gold mining in Nevada

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Perry, Rich; Visher, Mike (2014). Major Mines of Nevada 2013 - Mineral Industries in Nevada’s Economy (pdf). Reno, NV: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ↑ George, Micheal W. (February 2014). "Gold" (pdf). Mineral Commodity Summaries. U.S. Geological Survey. p. 67. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bald Mountain". Barrick Gold Corporation. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Barrick Announces Sale of Non-Core Assets for $720 Million" (PDF). Barrick Gold Corporation. Toronto, Canada. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Goldstrike". Barrick Gold Corporation. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Rochester, Nevada". Coeur Mining, Inc. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Cortez". Barrick Gold Corporation. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Sabo, Rob (11 March 2013). "Emigrant: Newmont’s new ‘bolt-on’ mine site". Northern Nevada Business Weekly (Reno, NV). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Klondex Mines Ltd (28 February 2014). "Klondex Provides Operational Update". Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Buffington, Randy (24 February 2014). "2013 Year End Financial Results" (pdf) (Press release). Reno NV: Allied Nevada Gold Corp. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  11. ↑ Marland, François (27 February 2014). "Veris Gold Corp. Provides Year End 2013 Production Update and Guidance for 2014" (Press release). Vancouver, Canada: Veris Gold Corp. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ruby Hill". Barrick Gold Corporation. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Operations - Jerritt Canyon". Veris Gold Corp. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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