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Gold Basin Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043740
MRDS ID M231013
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Basin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12762, 39.20963 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SEE ABOVE

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 > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12762, 39.20963
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS DEVELOPED ON SHEAR ZONES IN A RHYODACITE TO QUARTZ LATITE WEAKLY WELDED TUFF. THE MINE CONSISTS OF A 250-FOOT ADIT, A WINZE LESS THAN 100 FEET DEEP, AND SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS. THE SHEAR ZONE IN THE ADIT IS ABOUT 3 1/2 FEET WIDE, WITH THE STRONGEST CRUSHING OF ROCK ON THE FOOTWALL. SOME OF THE OXIDIZED AND BRECCIATED MATERIAL IN THE SHEAR ZONE REPORTEDLY PANNED WELL IN FREE GOLD, (BUT SAMPLES COLLECTED BY WILLDEN AND SPEED CONTAINED 0.11, 0.59 AND 1.11 PPM GOLD AND 3, 7, AND 5 PPM SILVER (WILLDEN AND SPEED, P 74)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 84

  • Deposit

    YORK, BERNARD, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD BASIN MINE, 1935: NBMG FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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