Facts
- MSHA status
- Intermittent since Jun 1, 2026
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Land status (BLM data)
- Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland
- Nearest town
- Elko
- Employees reported
- 5
- Operator
- Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC
- Coordinates
- 41.4111, -115.9983
- MSHA mine ID
- 2601620
Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.
This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter a working mine or old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.
History and geology (USGS)
- USGS site name
- North Generator Hill Deposit
- USGS status
- Past producer
- Commodities
- Gold
- Deposit type
- Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
- Output size
- medium (USGS class)
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10055202 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Other gold mines under the same operator
- Jerritt Canyon Mill Elko County, NV
- Lee Smith Elko County, NV
- SSX Mine Elko County, NV
Gold mines nearby
- SSX Mine 4 mi · active
- Prunty Mine 33 mi · active
- Arturo 34 mi · active
- El Nino 35 mi · active
- Hollister Mine 36 mi · non-producing
- Emigrant 41 mi · active
- Jerritt Canyon Mill 42 mi · active
- Lee Smith 42 mi · active