Lyon County
Location map
Adams Claim Gypsum Mine (1)
Operator:
- Art Wilson Co.
- P.O. Box 1160
- Carson City, NV 89702
- 775-882-0700 fax: 882-0790
- Company employees: 8
Production:
gypsum: 130,677 tons
CR Minerals Mine (2)
Operator:
- CR Minerals Corp.
- P.O. Box 858
- Fernley, NV 89408
- 775-575-2536; fax: 575-4857
- Company employees: 17
Production:
diatomite
Hazen Pit (3)
Operator:
- Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc.
- P.O. Box 10408
- Reno, NV 89510
- 775-343-1818 fax: 343-1821
Production:
diatomite
NCC Limestone Quarry (4)
Operator:
- Nevada Cement Co.
- P.O. Box 840
- Fernley, NV 89408
- 775-575-2281; fax: 575-4387
- Company employees: 132
Production:
lime/clay
Yerington and MacArthur Mines (5)
Operator:
- Arimetco, Inc.
- 102 Burch Drive
- Yerington, NV 89447
- 775-463-3125; fax: 463-3127
- Company employees: 97
Production:
copper
Storey County
Location map
Clark Mine and Mill (6)
Operator:
- Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc.
- P.O. Box 10408
- Reno, NV 89510
- 775-343-1818
- Company employees: 62
Production:
diatomite
Golden Eagle Mine (7)
Operator:
- American Eagle Resources, Inc.
- P.O. Box 859
- Virginia City, NV 89440
- 775-246-0761; fax: 246-3117
- Company employees: 7
Production:
gold - 116 oz; silver - 629 oz
Washoe County
Location map
No major mines were operated in Washoe County in 1997.
SECTION II
Humboldt County
Location map
Getchell Mine (1)
Operator:
- Getchell Gold Corp.
- P.O. Box 220
- Golconda, NV 89414
- 775-635-5001; fax: 635-8015
- Company employees: 400
Production:
gold - 177,321 oz
Hycroft Mine (2)
Operator:
- Hycroft Resources & Dev., Inc.
- P.O. Box 3030
- Winnemucca, NV 89446
- 775-623-5260; fax: 625-0215
- Company employees: 197
- Contract employees: 3
Production:
gold - 117,378; silver - 479,920 oz
Lone Tree Complex (3)
Operator:
- Newmont Gold Co.
- P.O. Box 388
- Valmy, NV 89438
- 775-635-9000; fax: 635-0111
- Company employees: 548
Production:
gold - 331,082 oz
Marigold Mine (4)
Operator:
- Rayrock Mines, Inc.
- P.O. Box 9
- Valmy, NV 89438
- 775-635-2317 fax: 623-0826
- Company employees: 107
Production:
gold - 73,800 oz
MIN-AD Mine and Mill (5)
Operator:
- MIN-AD, Inc.
- 4210 W. Jungo Road
- Winnemucca, NV 89445
- 775-623-5944; fax: 623-9028
- Company employees: 13
Production:
specialty limestone - 59,222 tons
Pinson Mine (6)
Operator:
- Homestake Mining Co.
- P.O. Box 2280
- Winnemucca, NV 89446
- 775-623-5036; fax: 623-5030
- Company employees: 91
Production:
gold - 51,600 oz; silver - 4,500 oz
Royal Peacock Opal Mine (7)
Operator:
- Walter Wilson
- Homestead Road P.O. 144
- Orovada, NV 89425
- 775-941-0374
Production:
precious opal
Twin Creeks Mine (8)
Operator:
- Newmont Gold Co.
- P.O. Box 69
- Golconda, NV 89414
- 775-635-9400; fax: 635-4596
- Company employees: 790
- Contract employees: 60
Production:
gold - 572,150 oz; silver - 210,493 oz
Pershing County
Location map
Coeur Rochester Mine (9)
Operator:
- Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp.
- P.O. Box 1057
- Lovelock, NV 89419
- 775-273-7995; fax: 273-7423
- Company employees: 268
Production:
gold - 90,351 oz; silver - 6,701,283 oz
Colado Mine and Plant (10)
Operator:
- Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc.
- 150 Coal Canyon Road
- Lovelock, NV 89419
- 775-273-2636 fax: 273-7553
- Company employees: 153
Production: diatomite
Empire Mine (11)
Operator:
- United States Gypsum Co.
- P.O. Box 130
- Empire, NV 89405
- 775-557-2341; fax: 557-2212
- Company employees: 139
Production:
gypsum - 496,346 tons
Florida Canyon Mine (12)
Operator:
- Florida Canyon Mining, Inc.
- P.O. Box 330
- Imlay, NV 89418
- 775-538-7300; fax: 538-7324
- Company employees: 294
- Contract employees: 7
Production:
gold - 163,321 oz; silver - 146,568 oz
Rosebud Mine (13)
Operator
- Hecla Mining Co.
- P.O. Box 2610
- Winnemucca, NV 89446
- 775-623-6912; fax: 623-6967
- Company employees: 102
Production:
gold - 93,948 oz; silver - 337,167 oz
Sexton and Sons Mine and Mill (14)
Operator:
- Nutritional Additives Corp.
- 415 Wellington Street
- Winnemucca, NV 89445
- 775-623-3328; fax: 623-1153
- Company employees: 7
Production:
dolomite
SECTION III
Lander County
Location map
Argenta Mine and Mill (1)
Operator:
- Baker Hughes INTEQ
- P.O. Box 277
- Battle Mountain, NV 89820
- 775-635-5441
- Company employees: 20
Shipped: barite - 78,764 tons
Battle Mountain Complex (2)
Operator:
- Battle Mountain Gold Co.
- P.O. Box 1627
- Battle Mountain, NV 89820
- 775-635-2465; fax: 635-8677
- Company employees: 40
Production:
gold - 77,896 oz; silver - 129,147 oz
Battle Mountain Grinding Plant
(Greystone Mine) (3)
Operator:
- M-I Drilling Fluids Co.
- P.O. Box 370
- Battle Mountain, NV 89820
- 775-635-5135; fax: 635-2191
- Company employees: 78
Shipped: barite - 347,672 tons
Cortez Gold Mines (4)
Operator:
- Placer Dome U.S. Inc.
- HC66-50, Star Route
- Beowawe, NV 89821
- 775-468-4400; fax: 468-4496
- Company employees: 466
Production:
gold - 407,973 oz; silver - 10,868 oz
McCoy/Cove Mine (5)
Operator:
- Echo Bay Minerals Co.
- P.O. Box 1658
- Battle Mountain, NV 89820
- 775-635-5500; fax: 635-5098
- Company employees: 450
Production:
gold - 187,000 oz; silver - 11,000,000 oz
Eureka County
Location map
Betze-Post Mine (6)
Operator:
- Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.
- P.O. Box 29
- Elko, NV 89803
- 775-778-8196; fax: 738-6543
- Company employees: 1,503
- Contract employees: 200
Production:
gold - 1,605,836 oz; silver - 65,716 oz
Newmont Gold Company (7)
Operator:
- Newmont Gold Co.
- P.O. Box 669
- Carlin, NV 89822
- 775-778-4000; fax: 778-4754
- Company employees: 2,017
Production:
gold - 1,819,115 oz; silver - 117,750 oz
Ruby Hill Mine (8)
Operator:
- Homestake Mining Co.
- P.O. Box 676
- Eureka, NV 89316
- 775-237-6060; fax: 237-5408
- Company employees: 95
Production:
gold - 16,600 oz; silver - 250 oz
SECTION IV
Elko County
Location map
Dee Gold Mine (1)
Operator:
- Rayrock Mines, Inc.
- P.O. Box 99
- Valmy, NN 89438
- 775-738-6440; fax: 635-2455
- Company employees: 37
Production:
gold - 35,000 oz
Jerritt Canyon Mine (2)
Operator:
- Independence Mining Co., Inc.
- HC31 Box 78
- Elko, NV 89801
- 775-758-9221; fax: 758-9231
- Company employees: 551
Production:
gold - 312,015oz
Kinsley Mountain Mine (3)
Operator:
- Alta Gold Co.
- HC10, Box 10050
- Ely, NV 89301
- 775-289-3007; fax 289-4138
- Company employees: 95
Production:
gold - 38,472 oz; silver - 5,472 oz
Meikle Mine (4)
Operator:
- Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.
- P.O. Box 29
- Elko, NV 89803
- Company employees: 261
- Contract employees: 25
Production:
gold - 574,308 oz; silver - 194,040 oz
Pilot Peak Lime Plant (5)
Operator:
- Continental Lime Inc.
- P.O. Box 2520
- Wendover, NV 89883
- 775-478-5463; fax: 478-5149
- Company employees: 57
Production:
Lime
Rossi Mine (6)
Operator:
- Baroid Drilling Fluids
- P.O. Box 340
- Battle Mountain, NV 89820
- 775-468-0515; fax: 468-2060
- Company employees: 1
- Contract employees: 46
Shipped:
barite
White Pine County
Location map
Bald Mountain Mine (7)
Operator:
- Placer Dome U.S. Inc.
- P.O. Box 2706
- Elko, NV 89803
- 775-744-4227; fax: 744-4216
- Company employees: 183
Production (includes
Alligator Ridge [7a] and
Yankee [7b] Projects):
gold - 113,500 oz; silver - 61,416 oz
Mt Hamilton Mine (8)
Operator:
- Rea Gold Corp.
- P.O. Box 150476
- East Ely, NV 89315
- 775-237-5100; fax 237-5158
- Company employees: 146
Production:
gold - 37,000 oz; silver - 138,750 oz
Robinson Mine (9)
Operator:
- BHP Copper North America.
- P.O. Box 382
- Ruth, NV 89319
- 775-289-7000; fax: 289-7009
- Company employees: 440
Production:Concentrate containing 138 million pounds of copper,
71,000 oz gold, and 314,000 oz silver
SECTION V
Churchill County
Location map
Huck Salt (1)
Operator:
- Huck Salt Co.
- 2900 Phritzie Lane
- Fallon, NV 89406
- 775-423-2055; fax: 423-0467
- Company employees: 5
Production:
salt - 15,739 tons
Moltan Company/Fernley Nevada Plant (2)
Operator:
- B.J. Gurley
- P.O. Box 860
- I-80 Frontage Road
- Fernley, NV 89408
- 775-423-6668; fax: 423-6411
- Company employees: 52
Production:
diatomite
Popcorn Mine (3)
Operator:
- Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc.
- P.O. Box 10408
- Reno, NV 89510
- 775-343-1818 fax: 343-1821
Production: perlite
Mineral County
Location map
Aurora Mine (4)
Operator:
- Nevada Goldfields
- P.O. Box 3070
- Hawthorne, NV 89415
- 775-945-3368; fax: 945-3360
- Company employees: 36
Production:
gold - 13,284 oz; silver - 37,327 0z
Candelaria Mine (5)
Operator:
- Kinross Candelaria Mining Co.
- P.O. Box 1240
- Hawthorne, NV 89415
- 775-573-2471; fax: 573-2520
- Company employees: 22
Production:
silver - 2,945,389 oz;
gold - 9,955 oz
Denton-Rawhide Mine (6)
Operator:
- Kennecott Rawhide Mining Co.
- P.O. Box 2070
- Fallon, NV 89407
- 775-945-1015; fax: 945-1213
- Company employees: 185
Production:
gold - 120,000 oz; silver - 1,131,000 oz
SECTION VI
Esmeralda County
Location map
Basalt Mine and Mill (1)
Operator:
- Grefco Minerals, Inc.
- P.O. Box 288
- Mina, NV 89422
- Dicalite Toll Station #1
- fax: 760-872-6006
- Company employees: 4
Production:
Diatomite
Goldfield Operation (2)
Operator:
- American Resource Corp.
- P.O. Box 160
- Goldfield, NV 89013
- 775-485-3218; fax: 485-3268
- Company employees: 10
Production:
gold - 1,376 oz; silver - 435 oz
Mineral Ridge Mine (3)
Operator:
- Mineral Ridge Resources, inc.
- P.O. Box 67
- Silver Peak, NV 89047
- 775-937-2266; fax: 937-2201
- Company employees: 46
- Contract employees: 2
Production:
gold - 13,951 oz; silver - 7,907 oz
Silver Peak Operations (4)
Operator:
- Cyprus Foote Mineral Co.
- P.O. Box 98
- Silver Peak, NV 89047
- 775-937-2222; fax: 937-2210
- Company employees: 74
- Contract employees: 8
Production:
Lithium carbonate
Nye County
Location map
Bullfrog Mine (5)
Operator:
- Barrick Gold Inc.
- P.O. Box 519
- Beatty, NV 89003
- 775-553-2900; fax: 553-2963
- Company employees: 289
- Contract employees: 16
Production:
gold - 206,571 oz; silver - 351,348 oz
Daisy Gold Mine (6)
Operator:
- Rayrock Mines Inc.
- P.O. Box 190
- Beatty, NV 89003
- 775-553-2234; fax: 553-2295
- Company employees: 14
- Contract employees: 50
Production:
gold - 32,000 oz
Imvite Plant (7)
Operator:
- Mud Camp Mining Co. LLC dba IMV Nevada
- Route Box 549
- Amargosa Valley, NV 89020
- 775-372-5341; fax: 372-5640
- Company employees: 35
Production:
specialty clays - 33,457 tons
New Discovery Mine and Mill (8)
Operator:
- Vanderbilt Minerals Corp.
- 2320 Viking Road
- Las Vegas, NV 89109
- 702-732-3174; fax 731-3621
- Company employees: 8
Production:
specialty clays - 1,200 tons
Premier Services Mine (9)
Operator:
- Premier Services Corp.
- P.O. Box 177
- Gabbs, NV 89409
- 775-285-2601; fax: 285-4021
- Company employees: 90
Production:
magnesium oxide
Smoky Valley Common Operation (10)
Operator:
- Round Mountain Gold Corp.
- P.O. Box 480
- Round Mountain, NV 89045-0480
- 775-377-2366; fax: 377-3240
- Company employees: 673
Production:
gold - 480,430 oz; silver - 356,085 oz
Sterling Mine (11
Operator:
- Cathedral Gold US Corp.
- P.O. Box 549
- Beatty, NV 89003
- 775-222-4844; fax: 372-1720
- Company employees: 36
Production: gold
SECTION VII
Clark County
Location map
Apex Quarry and Plant (1)
Operator:
- Chemical Lime Co.
- P.O. Box 3609
- North Las Vegas, NV 89036
- 702-643-7702; fax: 643-9517
- Company employees: 60
Production: lime
James Hardy Gypsum (2)
Operator:
- James Hardie Gypsum (NV) Inc.
- HCR 89033, Box 2900
- Las Vegas, NV 89124
- 702-875-4111; fax: 875-4213
- Company employees: 128
Production:
gypsum - 559,852 tons
PABCO Gypsum (3)
Operator:
- Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc.
- 1973 N. Nellis Blvd. #328
- Las Vegas, NV 89115
- 702-643-1016; fax: 643-6249
- Company employees: 80
- Contract employees: 3
Production: gypsum
Simplot Silica Products (4)
Operator:
- Simplot Industries
- P.O. Box 308
- Overton, NV 89040
- 702-397-2667; fax: 397-2798
- Company employees: 44
Production:
silica sand - 640,000 tons
Sloan Mine (5)
Operator:
- Chemical Lime Co.
- HCR 27, Box 2300
- Las Vegas, NV 89124
- 702-361-6901; fax: 361-7890
- Company employees: 7
Production:
dolomite
Lincoln County
Location map
Delamar-Mackie Perlite Mine (6)
Operator:
- Wilkin Mining & Trucking Inc.
- P.O. Box 829
- Panaca, NV 89042
- 775-728-4463; fax: 728-4456
- Company employees: 10
Production: perlite
Summary of 1997 Production
Gold 7,853,000 ounces*
Silver 24,748,000 ounces*
Barite (shipped) 586,000 tons
Copper 148,600,000 pounds
Diatomite **
Dolomite **
Gypsum 1,737,000 tons
Limestone **
Lithium carbonate **
Magnesium oxide **
Mercury **
Perlite **
Precious opal 175 pounds
Salt 15,700 tons
Silica sand 640,000 tons
Specialty clay 36,000 tons
* Includes production from smaller mines not listed in this report.
** Proprietary information.
This information is from Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication P-9
Major Mines of Nevada 1997 - Mineral Industries in Nevada's Economy
compiled by the Nevada Division of Minerals.
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