Carlin Gold Mine, United States

In the United States, Nevada also has one of the most famous gold mines - Carlin. Each year this valuable deposit allows to produce 1735 000 ounces of gold. The owner of the mine is Newmont Mining company. One of the main features of the deposit is that there are mines on its territory with both a closed and an open way of extracting gold. The development of the Carlin mine began in 1965. Until 1989, about 250 tons of gold had been mined. According to rough estimates, at present the mine contains gold reserves of more than 120 tons. Researchers do not exclude that quite near to the huge deposit there may be other, no less valuable. One of such deposits called Gold Quarry has already been discovered. With the Carlin mine they are often treated as a single whole.

The extent of the career of the Carlin mine is simply amazing, its length is about 2000 meters, and the width reaches 500 meters. Currently, the pit depth is about 200 meters. In addition to the huge gold reserves, the deposit is rich in deposits of rare minerals, including the auripigment. This sulphide mineral of gold colour is a frequent companion of gold, but large crystals of auripigment are rare. The Carlin mine is rich in magnificent minerals of impressive size, which are in demand among collectors, a rare mineral is used in painting. Next - Goldstrike Gold Mine