Gold Quarry Slide Oversight Panel

ue to the magnitude of the failure of the waste rock dump at Gold Quarry and its potential implications, a panel was recently formed by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to oversee the investigation and the remedial actions being performed by Newmont.

The panel is composed of representatives from local, state and federal agencies, the University of Nevada at Reno, and the mining industry (see list below).

Updated information will be posted on this webpage periodically to help keep interested persons informed of the progress of the investigation.

July 2005 — Status Report

  • Investigation Project Status Report


    • June 16, 2005 — Status Report

  • Geotechnical Investigation

  • Causal investigation

  • Maggie Creek Daily Streamflow / Sample
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    May 16, 2005 — Status Report
  • Investigation Project Status Report



    • April 25, 2005 — Status Report: Gold Quarry Slide Investigation Project (6 Pages with color photos — Adobe PDF file 200KB )

    April 13, 2005 — Memorandum From CALL & NICHOLAS, INC. to Newmont Mining Corporation — Recommended Materials Testing Program for the Analysis of the North Dump     (8 Pages — Adobe PDF file 550KB )

    Maggie Creek Daily Stream Flow / Samples
    (March April 05)     Adobe Graphic File 2 pages 840KB )
  • Site MAG 3 (USGS. Gate and Narrows)
  • Site Mag 2 (North of Bridge by Cooling Towers)



  • March 3, 2005 — Gold Quarry Slide Geotechnical Investigation



    • Press Coverage
    April 29, 2005 — Newmont makes progress on slide — ELKO - Work by Newmont Mining Corp. crews should begin exposing the long stretch of Newmont Mine Road six miles north of Carlin that was buried by a mudslide . . . The mudslide happened Feb. 5, when Newmont's waste-rock dump to the west side of the highway north of Carlin failed, sending tons of rock and dirt onto the road and knocking out power By ADELLA HARDING - Staff Writer, Elko Daily Free Press


    Photos on the right: Members of the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's advisory panel that was formed to review Newmont Mining Corp.'s progress in remediating a waste-rock dump failure that covered the Newmont Mine Road.

      Panel Members:
    • David Gaskin, NDEP (chairman)
    • Cindy Petterson, NDEP - PIO
    • Rory Lamp, Nevada Division of Wildlife
    • Dirk van Zyl, University of Nevada - Reno
    • Russ Fields, Nevada Mining Association
    • Del Fortner, Bureau of Land Managment
    • Jon Hutchings, Eureka County
    • Randy Brown, Elko County
    • Ali Soltani, Newmont
    • Mike Murphy, Nevada Dept. of Transporation
    		 Members
    Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's Advisory Panel
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