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Carlin (Nevada Gold Mines)

Carlin (Nevada Gold Mines), United States. Producing, open pit, mining gold, copper, silver since 1965.

Why Carlin (Nevada Gold Mines) is famous

Part of the Carlin Complex in Nevada Gold Mines. Open-pit mining began at Carlin in 1965 after Newmont explored the trend from 1961. Barrick's 61.5% share of Carlin was 775 koz of gold in 2024. Prospecting began in the south area around Gold Quarry in 1870. The Gold Quarry and Rain deposits were found in 1980, and a further 10 deposits were identified by 1988.1,2,3

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Carlin (Nevada Gold Mines) today

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HereCarlin - Gold QuarryGold Quarry, found in 1980, is on the Carlin Trend. Open-pit mining at Carlin began in 1965.1

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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Pictures: Kimberley, South Africa: miners and washing gear at the Bultfontein diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., Harris, Robert, active 1881-1888. (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Falu gruva, Lundberg, Bengt A / Europeana (CC0 1.0); 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).