Water right · Lander County, Nevada, United States

Dw-44 Cortez Hills Mine water right 91768

Dw-44 Cortez Hills Mine water right 91768 is a permitted water right in Lander County, Nevada, United States, with 485 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Barrick Cortez LLC.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceWater right 91768 (Dw-44 Cortez Hills Mine)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationLander County, NevadaNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPermitted (permit)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderBarrick Cortez LLCNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume485 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow19 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date11 Jan 1937Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useIrrigationNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceDw-44 Cortez Hills Mine (groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates40.1532, -116.6001Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares by face-value volume

Dw-44 Cortez Hills Mine water right 91768 is the 4,361st-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 4,841st-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 485 acre-ft/year. Ranks and totals cover the water rights in our data that report their face-value volume, not every one in existence. Storage and power rights are ranked apart and not added in.

WithinRank
Nevada4,361st of 9,493
United States4,841st of 10,558

Nearby

Within 50 km of this water right: 6 mines (4 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
GoldrushMine—Operating4.7 km
Cortez DistrictMine—Operating4.8 km
Cortez District-UndergroundMine—Operating5.5 km

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