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Great Bend Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104103
MRDS ID M241911
Record type Site
Current site name Great Bend Mine
Alternate or previous names Great Bend Claim, Thanksgiving Gift, Red Butte Claims, High Rock Fraction, Nileak Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19674, 37.75328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 1.0 MILE EAST OF THE SUMMIT OF KENDALL MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McMahon Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 043E 18,19 N2 (19) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS DAISY NO. 1 CLAIM ON THE WEST. 11 PATENTED AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 220 ACRES.. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Alunitization, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF 5064 ASSAYS OF ALL WORKINGS = $29.30/TON (AT OLD PRICES $20/OZ AU) IN 1931

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Milltown Andesite
    Rock description Milltown Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19674, 37.75328
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Crushing

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, STRINGERS, BUNCHES
    Strike E-W
    Dip 20-60S
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissured Zones; Sheeting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield District; Diamondfield Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Bend, Ltd.
    First year 1934

Comments on the production information

  • SOME GOOD ORE WAS STOPED FROM SOFT PAY SHOOTS 1934 EST. AT LEAST 50,000 TONS $8/TON ORE ($10-20 TON AT $32/OZ GOLD)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2194.56M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 300 FT ON LEDGE AT 65 DEGREES; VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK IN 1908. WORKINGS IN 193J CONSISTED OF OVER 7200 FT OF SHAFTS DRIFTS, RAISES, AND WINZES. LONGEST DRIFT WAS ON THE 236-FT LEVEL AND WAS OVER 1200 FT LONG. DRIFTS ON 375 AND 400 FT LEVEL HAVE LENGTH OF 600 AND300 FT RESPECTIVELY.

Comments on development

  • LOFTUS & DAVIS LEASE ACTIVE IN 1908. OLD WORKINGS DEWATERED IN 1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 251

  • Deposit

    TURNER, J.K., 1934, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GREAT BEND MINE; NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 6

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 19, P. 65-66

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1212-1213.

  • Production

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 251. TURNER, J.K., 1934, P. 4-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WESTWARD CONTINUATION OF DAISY LEDGE ZONE. ORE IS IN TINY STRINGERS AND BUNCHES OF QUARTZ IN SOFT PAY SHOOTS IN ALUNITIZED ANDESITE. MOST ORE WAS FROM NEAR HANGING WALL OF LEDGE, BUT SOME NEAR FOOTWALL. 3 VEINS WALLS ARE FAIRLY WELL-DEFINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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