Located at over 7,000 feet in elevation and 25 miles up a dirt and gravel road in the hills above Hawthorne, Nevada sits the remains of Aurora, a briefly bustling mining town. Q&D was the general contractor for Great Basin Gold on this 30.5-acre tailings storage facility which required over 150,000 cubic-yards of earth-moving and nearly 750,000 square-feet of 60-mil LLDPE liner.
Project Overview
Location
Aurora, NV
Designer
Tetra Tech
Delivery Method
Design-Bid-Build
