Mine detail: Windfall Mine

Previously called 'Norse WindfallEureka Windfall MineWestern-Windfall ProjectOre Body Names:RustlerParoniLookout'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.45413, -115.9792

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Other material: Arsenic, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Gold, Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Jasper, Kaolinite, Mercury, Quartz, Silver
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1975

Geology

References

MRDSM232576
MAS320110142
DEP10222389
Reference{Deposit:: ORE DIS 1904, EXPLORATION IN 1938}{Deposit:: 80. CHAFFEE, M. A., C. L. FORN, J. R. HASSEMER, J. D.}{Deposit:: HOFFMAN, E. L. MOISER, J. M. NISHI, R. M. *EARY, D. F.}{Deposit:: SIEMS, R. L. TURNER, E. P. WELSH, AND G. VAN TRUMP.}{Deposit:: GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF ROCK AND SOIL SAMPLES, EUREKA}{Deposit:: MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY, EUREKA AND WHITE PINE}{Deposit:: COUNTIES. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 78-790, 1978, 117 PP.}{Deposit:: 83. CHAMBERLAIN, P. G., AND M. G. POJAR. GOLD AND SILVER}{Deposit:: LEACHING PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES. BUMINES}{Deposit:: INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8969, 1984, 47}{Deposit:: 232. GROVE, G. R. A STUDY OF THE FINE-GRAINED}{Deposit:: DISSEMINATED GOLD ORE OF THE WINDFALL MINE, EUREKA COUNTY,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. M.A. THESIS, UNIV. CA, SANTA BARBARA,}{Deposit:: CA, 1979, 98 PP.}{Deposit:: 365. KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND M. H. BERGENDAHL. PRINCIPAL}{Deposit:: GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOL.}{Deposit:: SURV. PROF. PAPER 610, 1968, 283 PP.}{Deposit:: 378. LEWIS, A. LEACHING AND PRECIPITATION TECHNOLOGY FOR}{Deposit:: GOLD AND SILVER ORES. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 184,}{Deposit:: NO. 6, 1983, PP. 48-56.}{Deposit:: 412. . GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE,}{Deposit:: V. II. AIME, 1981, 263 PP.}{Deposit:: MORRISON-KNUDSEN. MINERALS AVAILABILITY-MINE/DEPOSIT FILE}{Deposit:: REPORT FOR THE WINDFALL MINE. MORRISON-KNUDSEN COMPANY}{Deposit:: INC. CONTRACT NO. S0221028, MARCH 1983.}{Deposit:: 518. NOLAN, T. B. THE EUREKA DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S.}{Deposit:: GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 406, 1962, 78 PP.}{Deposit:: 520. NOLAN, T. B., AND R. N. HUNT. THE EUREKA MINING}{Deposit:: DISTRICT, NEVADA. PAPER IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED}{Deposit:: STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE. V. 1}{Deposit:: (GRATON-SALES). AIME, NEW YORK, 1968, PP. 966-991.}{Deposit:: 522. NOLAN, T. B., C. W. MERRIAM, AND M. C. BLAKE, JR.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINTO SUMMIT QUADRANGLE, EUREKA AND}{Deposit:: WHITE PINE COUNTIES, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.}{Deposit:: MAP I-793, 1974, SCALE 1:31,680.}{Deposit:: 552. PASTORINO, M. EUREK* WINDFALL MINE HAS RICH}{Deposit:: HISTORY. ELY (NEVADA) DAILY TIMES. SEPT. 5, 1978, P. 3.}{Deposit:: 593. ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 64, 1967, 152 PP.}{Deposit:: 692. STEVENS, D. L. AND R. B. HAWKINS. A COMPARISON OF}{Deposit:: THE GOLD MINERALIZATION AT JERRITT CANYON, NEVADA, WITH}{Deposit:: OTHER DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BASIN AND RANGE}{Deposit:: REGION. PRES. AT AIME CIRCUMPACIFIC ENERGY AND MINER.}{Deposit:: RESOUR. CONF., HONOLULU, HA, AUG. 1982, 13 PP.}{Deposit:: 775. WARREN, R. E. MINE CLOSURES SIGNAL DRAMATIC}{Deposit:: TURN-DOWN IN MINING INDUSTRY. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 6,}{Deposit:: NO. 3, 1982, PP. 1-3, 20.}{Reserve-Resource:: 805. WILSON, W. L. HEAP LEACHING GOLD ORE, EUREKA}{Reserve-Resource:: WINDFALL GOLD MINE, EUREKA, NEVADA. PAPER IN PROCEEDINGS}{Reserve-Resource:: FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON GOLD (RENO, NV, APR. 21-24, 1980).}{Reserve-Resource:: UNIV. NV, RENO, NV, 1980, 10 PP.}
ReporterAvery, Dale