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owning the remaining 25%. The mining methods currently used are cut-and-fill and long hole stoping. The refractory gold ore is treated by pressure oxidation technology at the Twin Creeks Sage autoclave and gold recovered using conventional carbon-in-leach technology.
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Cline, Jean S.; Hofstra, Albert H.; Muntean, John L.; Tosdal, Richard M.; Hickey, Kenneth A. (2005). "Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in Nevada: Critical Geologic Characteristics and Viable Models".
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The mining operation currently consists of two underground mines, Getchell and Turquoise Ridge, operated as the Turquoise Ridge Joint Venture.
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are associated with Carlin-type mineralization, and are widely used as pathfinders in
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Joralemon, P. (1951). "The occurrence of gold at the Getchell Mine, Nevada".
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of Humboldt County, Nevada, on the east flank of the
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Realgar
silver
arsenic
antimony
mercury
thallium
barium
geochemical
prospecting
Getchell Mine is located in Nevada
41°13′19.68″N 117°15′3.48″W / 41.2221333°N 117.2509667°W / 41.2221333; -117.2509667

Getchellite
Orpiment
underground
gold
mine
Potosi Mining District
Osgood Mountains
Winnemucca
Noble Getchell
George Wingfield
Barrick Gold
Newmont Mining
sediment
Carlin–type
sub-micron
pyrite
marcasite

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