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Goldbanks Quicksilver Mine

Plant in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222179
MRDS ID M060491
MAS/MILS ID 0320270424
Record type Site
Current site name Goldbanks Quicksilver Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Banks, Goldbanks, Furnaces Mine
Related records 10042634, 10310549

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.67956, 40.4743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldbanks Hills(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 030 N 038 E 14 NWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.67956, 40.4743
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1986
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Goldbanks

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kinross Gold Coporation
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1997
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kinross Gold Corp.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    First year 1995
    Last year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Restoration Minerals Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1995
    Last year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Restoration Gold Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1986
    Last year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 68958000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 1.52 g/mt Silver Minor 1996
    Gold Au 0.65 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 91202000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 2.44 g/mt Silver Minor 1996
    Gold Au 0.58 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Measured 55608000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 0.65 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Gold Au 0.65 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Indicated 17726000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 1.41 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Gold Au 0.62 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 73334000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 0.83 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Gold Au 0.65 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Inferred 6718000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 0.68 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Gold Au 0.47 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Inferred 96871000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 3.4 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Gold Au 0.94 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 73334000mt ore
    Inferred 103589000mt ore
    Total resources 176923000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 2.233 g/mt Silver Minor 1997
    Gold Au 0.799 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL DEMONSTRATED ORE, 12/31/96 PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE: INPLACE; MINABLE AND DILUTED:

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 26, 27.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 27-30.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P 30.

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P 15

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 33, 1940

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41, 1944, P 170 PL 1

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8252, 1965, P 14

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1356, 1973

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, PP 56, 57, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 106, #23, JUNE 7, 96, P21.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 149, 150.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG., 21, 1996, P7.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107,#50, DEC., 11, 1996, P5.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, VOL., 86, #17, APRIL 26, 1997, P11.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, JAN 13, 1997, P3.

  • Deposit

    BUSINESS WIRE, INDUSTRIES, NEWS RELEASE, 12/9/96, P1,2.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL107, #??, AUG., 31, P17.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B8.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, 1996/97, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, PP. 246, 247.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #50, DEC., 11, 1996, P5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO CHECK USGS ID# MO6O492 (M060492). PROPERTY COVERS 10,000 AC/4050 HECAC. PROPERTY WILL POBABLY COME ON LINE IN 1999. BIB REF 007 HAS RESOURCE DATA FROM 1993 OR 1994. DATA NOT ENTERED IN TABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-AUG-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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