Carlin Mine Complex

Name:	Carlin Mine Complex
Category:	Mining
Archive ID#:	NV3152
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Description:	This mine complex is among the largest in the state, employing over 1,600 people in 2000. Nearly 2 million ounces of gold is extracted here annually, valued at over $600 million. Its is one of three large mines in the state operated by the Newmont Mining Company, one of the pioneer mining companies in the modern Carlin Trend gold boom, a geographic region in northern Nevada that produces the majority of gold in Nevada, the state that produces around 75% of the gold mined in the USA.  Newmont employs almost 4,000 workers in the state and  controls over 3,000 square miles of land in the state.
Location:	35 miles W of Elko, 20 miles NW of Carlin (POINT(-116.3719940185 40.9659576416)) (show on map)
Address:	P.O. Box 669 Carlin NV, 89822
Visitor Info:	Off Interstate 80 at Carlin take Highway 766 (also called Newmont Road) north 20 miles to the mine.
Links:	http://www.newmont.com/operations/nevada.htm
tag:	Gold Mine
LCS:	Mining, Open Pit, Underground Mine
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