Round Mountain mining district
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The Round Mountain mining district is a notable gold-producing area in central Nevada, best known for the large open-pit Round Mountain Gold Mine.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mining district ⓘ |
| contains | Round Mountain Gold Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| discoveredForGold | late 19th century ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major gold-producing area in Nevada ⓘ |
| environmentalOversightBy |
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
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ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicSetting | Basin and Range Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHostRock | volcanic rocks ⓘ |
| hasMiningActivity |
historic small-scale underground and placer mining
ⓘ
large-scale industrial mining ⓘ |
| hasMiningCompany | Round Mountain Gold Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMiningMethod | open-pit mining ⓘ |
| hasOreType | epithermal gold deposit ⓘ |
| hasSettlementNearby |
Hadley, Nevada
NERFINISHED
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Round Mountain, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Round Mountain Gold Mine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
gold production ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nevada
ⓘ
central Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Nye County, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPhysiographicRegion | Great Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Round Mountain, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Basin mineral province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nevada gold mining industry ⓘ |
| primaryCommodity | gold ⓘ |
| regulatesBy |
State of Nevada
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United States federal mining laws NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
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