Goldstrike mine
Eureka County | |
State | Nevada |
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Country | United States |
Coordinates | 40°58′54″N 116°22′44″W / 40.981583°N 116.378964°W |
Production | |
Products | Gold |
Production | 795,664 ounces (22,556.7 kg) |
Financial year | 2018[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1975 |
Owner | |
Company | Barrick Gold |
Website | Goldstrike webpage |
Year of acquisition | 1986 |
Goldstrike is a
History
The first discovery of gold in the Goldstrike property was in 1962 by Atlas Minerals. Gold was first mined from the upper, well-oxidized portion of what became the Post deposit in 1975 by PanCana Minerals Ltd., in a small open-pit
Geology
The Goldstrike mine complex comprises the Betze-Post-Screamer and Meikle-Rodeo deposits.
Like most
Mining operations
The Goldstrike complex consists of three distinct mines: the large Betze-Post
In 2015 the Betze-Post open-pit mine produced 642,493 oz (18,214.4 kg) of gold and 87,223 oz (2,472.7 kg) of silver, while the Meikle-Rodeo underground operations yielded 411,003 oz (11,651.7 kg) of gold and 17,749 oz (503.2 kg) of silver. This was 24% of the total 5,339,659 oz (151,376.8 kg) output of all gold mining operations in Nevada for 2015. In 2018 Goldstrike produced 795,663 ounces of gold,[1][6] making it the world's eighth largest gold mine.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Cox, Jason J.; Valliant, Wayne W.; Geusebroek, Philip A.; Haggarty, Steve (22 March 2019). "Technical Report NI 43-101 on the Goldstrike Mine, Eureka and Elko Counties, State of Nevada, USA" (PDF). Toronto, ON: Barrick Gold Corporation. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Tsai, Peggy (September 2008). "Goldstrike Mine – Nevada's Giant Golden Goose" (PDF). Mining.com Magazine: 44–47. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ Moore, Chester M.; et al. (16 March 2012). "Barrick Gold and Franco-Nevada - Goldstrike Mine, Project #1663". Toronto, Ontario: Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- hdl:2027.42/46046.
- ^ USGS, 1998, "Oreshoot Zoning in the Carlin-type Betze Orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Eureka County, Nevada", Open-File Report 98-620 (full text). See Figure 2 for mine locations and local geology
- ^ a b "Barrick 2017 Operations and Technical Update" (pdf). Barrick Gold. p. 170. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ Els, Frik (18 June 2019). "Top 10 biggest gold mines". Mining.com. Vancouver, British Columbia. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
External links
- Barrick Gold Corporation website
- Barrick Goldstrike - mine tour 2000, photo gallery at Flickr
- Barrick Goldstrike Mine mine geology, accessed 11/9/2019
- A Guide to the Gold Strike Mine (Nevada) records, 99-63. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.