Facts
- MSHA status
- Active since Apr 15, 2026
- Type
- Underground
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Elko
- Employees reported
- 36
- Operator
- Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC
- Coordinates
- 41.3608, -115.9869
- MSHA mine ID
- 2602299
Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.
Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.
History and geology (USGS)
- USGS site name
- Saval Canyon Deposit
- USGS status
- Occurrence
- Commodities
- Gold
- Deposit type
- Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10055198 (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 The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.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
- Enfield Bell Mine Elko County, NV
- Jerritt Canyon Mill Elko County, NV
- Lee Smith Elko County, NV
Gold mines nearby
- Enfield Bell Mine 4 mi · intermittent
- Arturo 32 mi · active
- El Nino 33 mi · active
- Prunty Mine 34 mi · active
- Hollister Mine 35 mi · non-producing
- Emigrant 37 mi · active
- Jerritt Canyon Mill 38 mi · active
- Lee Smith 38 mi · active