Goldrush

Goldrush is an underground gold mine in Eureka County, Nevada, near Crescent Valley. MSHA lists its status as active since Dec 6, 2017 and records 351 employees. It is one of 57 gold mines in Nevada that are not marked abandoned, and one of 17 in Eureka County; by employees it ranks 14 of 54 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Dec 6, 2017
Type
Underground
County
Eureka County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
Nearest town
Crescent Valley
Employees reported
351
Operator
Nevada Gold Mines LLC
Coordinates
40.1933, -116.6158
MSHA mine ID
2602822

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
Cortez Gold Mine
USGS status
Producer
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony
Deposit type
Sediment-hosted Au
Output size
large (USGS class)
Production years
1969 to 1993
Discovered
1966

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10310410 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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