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Goldbanks Merger Mines

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Mercury
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045623
MRDS ID M233403
Record type Site
Current site name Goldbanks Merger Mines
Alternate or previous names Goldbanks Merger, NBMG Sample Site 2905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60429, 40.46712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNEMUCCA AND APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GOLDBANKS (SITE).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tobin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 039E 16 SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SITE IS ON EAST EDGE OF GOLDBANKS HILLS OVERLOOKING PLEASANT VALLEY. ACCESSIBILITY IS GOOD VIA MAIN ROAD (1984). UTM TAKEN FROM NBMG SAMPLE SITE 2905, AT NORTHERN WORKINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Pyritization; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF CHALCEDONIC VEIN MATERIAL FROM DUMP OF AN ADIT AND OF PYRITIZED AND SILICIFIED RHYOLITE FROM A NEARBY BULLDOZER CUT CONTAINS 2 % FE
Result 0.07 % MG
Result 0.05 % CA
Result 0.5 % TI
Result 100 PPM MN
Result 10 PPM AG
Result 0.85 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS)
Result 100 PPM B
Result 2000 PPM BA
Result 1 PPM BE
Result 20 PPM CR
Result 20 PPM CU
Result 20 PPM NI
Result 50 PPM PB
Result 5 PPM SC
Result 100 PPM SR
Result 50 PPM V
Result 10 PPM Y
Result AND 100 PPM ZR. IN GENERAL, ORE REPORTEDLY AVERAGED 0.75 OZ/TON AU, 1 OZ/TON AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Koipato Group
    Rock description Koipato Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Koipato Group
    Rock description Koipato Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60429, 40.46712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 50W
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS OF FINE-GRAINED, WHITE TO PINKISH, CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ CUT SILICIFIED RHYOLITE. THE WALL ROCKS ARE COMMONLY STRONGLY SILICIFIED AND PYRITIZED, AND SMALL FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS ARE CONVERTED TO KAOLINITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1908
Production years 1908-1934

Mining district

District name Goldbanks District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Red Hill Mining Co.
    First year 1984

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1908-1934
    Material AG ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 28g/mt
  • Year 1934
    Period 1908-1934
    Material AU ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.75 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 21g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS BULLDOZER CUTS; SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • EARLY LESSEES PROSPECTED FOR SHIPPING ORE WITH LITTLE SUCCESS. TOTAL PRODUCTION OF SHIPPING ORE ABOUT 3 CARLOADS. 1984 ASSESSMENT WORK REPORTEDLY DONE.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • 120 TONS, 1908-1934

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    GARSIDE (1984)

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6902, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    DREYER, R. M., 1940, GOLDBANKS MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 33, P. 28-30.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, GOLDBANKS MERGER MINES-FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, PERSHING COUNTY, GOLDBANKS DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILE.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. & PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSLIVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINS AU, AG & MINOR HG DISTRIBUTED ERRATICALLY THROUGH THE QUARTZ VEINS.
Deposit SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS FOLLOW TWO PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M055405, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, J.S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references

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