Water right · Lander County, Nevada, United States

Dw 42 Cortez Hills Mine water right 93015

Dw 42 Cortez Hills Mine water right 93015 is a permitted water right in Lander County, Nevada, United States, with 649 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Barrick Cortez LLC and Nevada Gold Mines 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 93015 (Dw 42 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
HolderNevada Gold Mines LLCNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Volume649 acre-ft/year (duty balance)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Flow25.4 l/sNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Priority date4 Feb 1992Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water useMining and millingNevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Water sourceDw 42 Cortez Hills Mine (groundwater)Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion · record · CC0 1.0 Universal · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates40.1510, -116.6129Nevada 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 42 Cortez Hills Mine water right 93015 is the 3,156th-largest of 9,493 water rights in Nevada and the 3,589th-largest of 10,558 in the United States by face-value volume, with 649 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
Nevada3,156th of 9,493
United States3,589th 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
Cortez DistrictMine—Operating4.7 km
GoldrushMine—Operating4.7 km
Cortez District-UndergroundMine—Operating5.5 km

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