Episode 5 of 12
Nevada Gold: Carlin Trend
Carlin, NevadaGold
The most productive gold trend in the Western Hemisphere, at modern scale.
The History
The Comstock Lode made Nevada in 1859, but the modern era began quietly in 1961 on the Carlin Trend, where geologists proved something that changed gold mining worldwide: deposits of microscopic, invisible gold locked inside other minerals, in quantities nobody had been able to see or recover before. The Carlin Trend became the most productive gold trend in the Western Hemisphere, and Nevada now produces roughly three-quarters of all US gold.
The Dream Tour List for This Leg
The stops and companies we want on camera as the convoy works this ground. Proposed, not confirmed bookings, and growing as the dream tour list fills in.
Nevada Gold Mines (Barrick · Newmont)
The largest gold-mining complex in the world, anchored on the Carlin Trend.
Elko mining community
The service-and-supply capital of American gold country, told through its people.
Carlin Trend explorers
The junior companies still hunting the next invisible-gold discovery.
Want your operation on this leg of the route?
Hunting Hidden Treasures pairs every mine with the end users it powers. If your project belongs in this episode, let’s talk.
Become a Tour PartnerWho’s Working Nearby
Companies with active projects in Nevada, closest to this stop first. Compiled from public sources, each with its own link. Appearing here reflects public mining activity, not a tour partnership.
NevadaNevada · Carlin country
Nevada Gold Mines · Carlin Complex
ProducingCarlin, Nevada20 miles from this stopGold
Barrick and Newmont JV: the largest gold-mining complex in the world.
Source →Western Exploration · Aura (Doby George · Gravel Creek)
Drilling & buildingMountain City, Nevada66 miles from this stopGold · Silver
Gold and silver deposits about 100 kilometres north of Elko, with Doby George advancing toward permitting.
Source →i-80 Gold · Granite Creek
Drilling & buildingHumboldt County, Nevada67 miles from this stopGold
Underground gold project ~northeast of Winnemucca on the Getchell trend; flagship in i-80’s Nevada portfolio (also Ruby Hill, Lone Tree, Cove).
Source →Maverick Gold and Silver · Gator
Exploring & permittingPershing · Lander Counties, Nevada73 miles from this stopGold · Silver
Battle Mountain district option ~56 km south-southwest of Battle Mountain (Gator South + GSX); geophysics and mapping toward a 2026 drill decision.
Source →i-80 Gold · Ruby Hill
Drilling & buildingEureka, Nevada85 miles from this stopGold · Silver
Battle Mountain–Eureka trend complex near Eureka, including Archimedes underground and Mineral Point open-pit work.
Source →Lithium Americas · Thacker Pass
Drilling & buildingHumboldt County, Nevada123 miles from this stopLithium
Under construction on one of the largest known US lithium resources.
Source →