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Gold Basin Gold Mining Co.

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045179
MRDS ID M232864
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Basin Gold Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72011, 39.2638 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carroll Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 038E 08,09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72011, 39.2638
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD- AND SILVER-BEARING ORE CONTAINING TRASES OF COPPER AND LEAD OCCURS IN THIN QUARTZ VEINS THAT AVERAGE LESS THAN 1 FOTT IN THICKNESS ALONG FAULTS IN RHYOLITY TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Basin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN $5000 TO $100,000 WAS PRODUCED TO 1969.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS IN QUARTZ VEINS IN RHYOLITE TUFF.
Deposit DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.