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Carlin - Gold Quarry

Carlin - Gold Quarry, United States, open pit, mining gold.

Why Carlin - Gold Quarry is famous

Gold Quarry deposit on the Carlin Trend, discovered in 1980 according to Barrick's annual information form.1,2

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Carlin - Gold Quarry today

Where gold is mined todayMining in United States

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Located inCarlin (Nevada Gold Mines)Gold Quarry, found in 1980, is on the Carlin Trend. Open-pit mining at Carlin began in 1965.1An example ofCortez (Nevada Gold Mines)Nevada Gold Mines also runs Cortez. The Cortez Hills discovery was announced in April 2003.1

Sources

  1. Annual Information Form / annual report exhibit for 2024 Barrick Gold Corporation (SEC exhibit 99.1 to Form 40-F)
  2. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)
  3. Annual Information Form for 2025 Barrick Mining Corporation (SEC exhibit 99.1 to Form 40-F)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Underground mining equipment by Kaupo Kikkas, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Gold prospectors constructing a long box with a filter for panning gold. Process print after H.M. Paget, 1899., Henry Marriott Paget (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Pangkalpinang. Mijn 3b. Een reeks koelies bezig met het transporteeren van grond, Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).