Mine detail: Bootstrap/Capstone/Tara Mine

Previously called 'Antimony CreekAntimony IkeBootstrap MineBoulder Creek - 0320070313Bootstrap Mine DumpAntimony Pete'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.0191, -116.41733

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Mercury
Discovery year: 1946

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1996

Geology

References

MRDSM232818
MAS320070349
DEP10295132
Reference{Deposit:: CHAMBERLAIN, P. G., AND M. G. POJAR. GOLD AND SILVER}{Deposit:: LEACHING PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES. BUMINES IC}{Deposit:: 8969, 47 PP.}{Deposit:: EVANS, J. G., AND T. E. MULLENS. THE BOOTSTRAP WINDOW, ELKO}{Deposit:: AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOUR. OF}{Deposit:: RESEARCH, V. 4, NO. 1, 1975, P. 119-125.}{Deposit:: GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F. LEE.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY. NEVADA.}{Deposit:: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 54, 1957, 190 PP.}{Deposit:: JACKSON, C. F., AND E. D. GARDNER. CARLIN GOLD, A NEWMONT}{Deposit:: MONEY GENERATOR KEEPS ON RENEWING ITSELF AFTER SPARKING}{Deposit:: THE REBIRTH OF GOLD MINING IN NEVADA. ENG. AND MIN.}{Deposit:: JOUR., V. 184, NO. 7, 1983, PP. 38-43.}{Deposit:: LEWIS, A., LEACHING AND PRECIPITATION TECHNOLOGY FOR GOLD}{Deposit:: AND SILVER ORES, E & M J, V184, #6, 1983, PP. 48-56.}{Deposit:: MCBETH, J. D., MINING PRACTICE AT CARLIN GOLD MINING COMP.}{Deposit:: PAPER IN PROCEEDINGS FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON GOLD, APR. 21-24}{Deposit:: 1980, RENO, NV, UONV, RENO, NV, 1980, 11PP.}{Deposit:: GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE, V. II, AIME,}{Deposit:: 1981, 263PP.}{Deposit:: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO), CARLIN GOLD MINING COMP.}{Deposit:: TOUR 1, NV MIN. ASSOC. CONFERENCE, ELKO, NEVADA, SEPT. 7}{Deposit:: 1984.}{Deposit:: NEWMONT MINING CORP. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1974, 1975, P12.}{Deposit:: NEWMONT MINING CORP. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1983, 1984, P9, 22, 23}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., ALIGNMENT OF MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTH}{Deposit:: CENTRAL NEVADA, PAPER IN SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGICAL}{Deposit:: SCIENCES. USGS, PP400-B, 1960, PP. B17-B19.}{Deposit:: SHANLEY, F. E., A GEOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE}{Deposit:: DISSEMINATED GOLD INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE, MS THESIS,}{Deposit:: STANFORD UNIV., STANFORD, CA, 1977, 149 PP.}{Deposit:: SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA}{Deposit:: USGS, OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.}{Deposit:: BAKER, D.E., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BOOTSTRAP}{Deposit:: SUBDISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; IN GEOLOGY AND ORE}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, GEO SOC OF NEVADA, 1991,}{Deposit:: PP. 619-623.}{Deposit:: JONES, RICHARD B. CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT, THE GEOLOGY MINING}{Deposit:: MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1989, PP256-261.}{Deposit:: MORRISON-KNUDSEN COMP., INC., BUMINES, MINE/DEPOSIT RPT.,}{Deposit:: USBM CONATRACT #S0221028, MINERALS AVAILABILITY FIELD}{Deposit:: OFFICE, DENVER, COLORADO, DE. 1983.}{Deposit:: NEWMONUT GOLD COMPANY, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1987-91, 24PP.}{Deposit:: RADTKE, A.S. GEOLOGY OF THE CARLIN GOLD DEPOSIT, NEVADA,}{Deposit:: USGS, PP 1267, 1985, 120PP.}{Deposit:: RAINS, G.L., AND OTHERS, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF}{Deposit:: THE GREAT BASIN, SYM. PROC. THE GEOLOGICAL SOC NEVADA &}{Deposit:: THE USGS, GEO SOC OF NEVADA, VOL 1 & 2, APRIL 1-5, 1990,}{Deposit:: 1257PP.}{Deposit:: SPORLEDER, L.E., NEWMONT: NEW PROJECTS, NEW METHODS, NEW}{Deposit:: MINES, E & M J, JAN. 1989, 23PP.}{Deposit:: THORSTAD, LINDS E., CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE PRODUCERS,}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, OCT. 1989, PP. 263-267.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINERALS ACTIVITY REPORT, JAN. 1990, P17.}{Deposit:: RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, MINES AND MINING}{Deposit:: COMPANIES, PP. 339, 340.}{Deposit:: RANDOL, MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, MINES AND MINING}{Deposit:: COMPANIES, PP. 261-263.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996. PP. 172-177.}{Deposit:: 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 14-15, 23.}{Deposit:: NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 10K, P16.}{Deposit:: NEWMONT, 1993, REPORT ON ACTIVITIES AND OUTLOOK., PP. 12, 13}{Reserve-Resource:: NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 10K, P16.}{Reserve-Resource:: NEWMONT, 1993 REPORT ON ACTIVITIES & OUTLOOK, PP. 28-29.}{Reserve-Resource:: NEWMONT, NEW HORIZONS, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 28, 29.}{Reserve-Resource:: NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1994 FORM 10K, P13.}{Reserve-Resource:: NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 40, 41.}{Reserve-Resource:: NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1995 FROM 10K REPORT, P14.}{Reserve-Resource:: NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 48, 49.}{Reserve-Resource:: NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P16.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.