List of active gold mines in Nevada

Gold mining is a major industry in the U.S. State of Nevada. In 2018 mining overall contributed $8.42 billion to the state's economy, $7.2 billion from gold and silver mining. Gold production from Nevada is higher than any other U.S. state, 5,581,160 troy ounces (173,590 kg) in 2018, accounting for 78% of gold produced in the United States and 6.3% of the world's production.[1] The Nevada mining industry supported an average 14,787 direct employees in 2018, with about 75,000 additional jobs related to providing goods and services needed by the mining industry.[2][3]

Emigrant
Sterling
Emigrant
Sterling
Mineral Ridge
Aurora
Borealis
Round Mountain
Denton-Rawhide
Robinson
Pan
Ruby Hill
Gold Bar
Bald Mountain
Cortez Hills
Pipeline
Rochester
Fire Creek
Phoenix
Florida Canyon
Marigold
Carlin
Lone Tree
Hycroft
Long Canyon
Goldstrike
South Arturo
Hollister
Turquoise
Midas
Twin Creeks
Starvation Canyon
Jerritt Canyon
Borealis
Aurora
Round Mountain
Denton-Rawhide
Mineral Ridge
Robinson
Ruby Hill
Gold Bar
Bald Mountain
Cortez Hills
Pipeline
Rochester
Fire Creek
Phoenix
Florida Canyon
Marigold
Lone Tree
Hycroft
Goldstrike
South Arturo
Carlin
Hollister
Turquoise
Midas
Twin Creeks
Starvation Canyon
Jerritt Canyon
Long Canyon
Pan
Active gold mines in Nevada

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

Twin Creeks gold mine, Humboldt County, 2009

List of active gold mines
Mine Owner County Production (oz) (Year) References
Aurora mine, former Esmerelda Hecla Mining Mineral 3,700 (2018) [3]
Bald Mountain mine Kinross Gold White Pine 187,961 (2019) [3][4]
Borealis Mine Gryphon Gold Corporation Mineral 420 (2018) [3]
Carlin Operations [2] Newmont Mining Corporation Elko & Eureka 926,789 (2018) [3]
Coeur Rochester mine Coeur Mining Pershing 36,000[5] (2019) [5]
Cortez Gold Mine[7] Barrick Gold Lander & Eureka 1,264,838 (2018) [3]
Denton-Rawhide Mine Rawhide Mining, LLC Mineral 15,444 (2018) [3]
Fire Creek mine Hecla Mining Lander 65,450 (2018) [6][3]
Florida Canyon mine Alio Gold Inc Pershing 46,878 (2018) [3][7]
Gold Bar mine McEwen Mining Eureka 30,712 (2019) GEO[8]
Goldstrike mine [3] Barrick Gold Eureka 795,663 (2018) [3]
Hollister mine, former Ivanhoe Hecla Mining Elko 26,612 (2018) [3]
Hycroft mine Hycroft Mining Humboldt 1,866 (2017) [3]
Jerritt Canyon mine [6] Sprott Mining (80%), Whitebox Asset Management (20%) Elko 145,064 (2018) [3][9]
Lone Tree mine Newmont Mining Corporation Humboldt 24,253 (2018) [3]
Long Canyon mine Newmont Mining Corporation Humboldt 170,205 (2018) [3][10]
Marigold mine SSR Mining Humboldt 220,227 (2019) [11]
Midas mine, former Ken Snyder Hecla Mining Elko 13,852 (2018) [6]
Mineral Ridge mine Scorpio Gold Corp Esmeralda 7,497 (2018) [3][12]
Pan mine Fiore Gold White Pine 41,491 (2019) [3][13]
Phoenix project Newmont Mining Corporation Lander 217,015 (2018) [3]
Robinson Mine KGHM Polska Miedź White Pine 38,990[4] (2018) [3][14]
Round Mountain mine Kinross Gold Nye 361,664 (2019) [3][4]
Ruby Hill mine Waterton Global Eureka 4,648 (2018) [3]
South Arturo mine Barrick Gold, Premier Gold Elko 52,450 (2018) [15]
Sterling mine[8] Coeur Mining Nye 280 (2018) [3]
Turquoise Ridge Joint Venture[9] Barrick (75%), Newmont (25%) Humboldt 444,720 (2018) [16]
Twin Creeks Mine Newmont Mining Corporation Humboldt 359,042 (2018) [10]

GEO = Gold equivalent ounces

See also

Gold mining in Nevada

Notes
  • ^[2] Carlin consists of three open pits and four underground mines: Gold Quarry, Emigrant/Rain, Chukar, Exodus, Pete Bajo & Leeville.
  • ^[3] Includes Betze-Post open-pit mine, and Meikle and Rodeo underground mines.
  • ^[4] Robinson also produced 113 million pounds of copper (2018).[3][14]
  • ^[5] Rochester also produced 4.76 million oz of silver.[5]
  • ^[6] Includes SSX-Steer, Smith and Starvation Canyon underground mines.[17]
  • ^[7] Includes Pipeline and South Pipeline open pits and Cortez Hills open pit and underground mines.
  • ^[8] Sterling operations terminated May 2015, but residual gold continues to be recovered from the heap.
  • ^[9] Includes Getchell and Turquoise Ridge underground mines.

References
  1. "Gold mine production" (xls). Goldhub. London: World Gold Council. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. George, Micheal W. (28 February 2019). "Gold". Mineral commodity summaries 2019 (PDF). Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey. pp. 71–72. ISBN 9781411342835. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. Perry, Rick; Visher, Mike (2019). "Major Mines of Nevada 2018" (pdf). Nevada Division of Minerals. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  4. "Kinross reports 2019 fourth-quarter and full-year results". Toronto, ON: Kinross Gold Corporation. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. "2019 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Earnings" (PDF). Coeur Mining, Inc. 20 February 2020. p. 35. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. "Hecla Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Results". Coeur d'Alene, ID: Hecla Mining Company. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017" (PDF). Vancouver, BC: Alio Gold Inc. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  8. "Form 8-K: 2019 Full Year and Q4 Production Results". SEDAR. Toronto, Ontario: McEwen Mining Inc. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  9. Burmeister, Tim (7 March 2020). "Good things happening at Jerritt Canyon". Elko Daily Free Press. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  10. "2018 Annual Report and Form 10-K" (PDF). Greenwood Village, CO: Newmont Mining Corporation. 21 February 2019. p. 69. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  11. "Management's Discussion and Analysis for the Year Ended December 31, 2019" (pdf). Sedar. SSR Mining. 20 February 2020. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  12. "Scorpio Gold Reports Fourth Quarter and Provides Year-End Financial Results for 2018". Vancouver, BC: Scorpio Gold Corporation. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  13. "Fiore Gold Announces Full Year 2019 Results". Toronto, ON: Fiore Gold. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  14. "The Management Board's report on the activities of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. and of the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Group in 2018" (PDF). Lubin: KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. March 2019. p. 59. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  15. "2018 Annual Report". SEDAR. Premier Gold Mines Limited. 15 April 2019. p. 23. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  16. "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Toronto, ON: Barrick Gold Corporation. 13 February 2019. p. 31. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  17. "Operations". Jerritt Canyon Gold. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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