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Bannock Mine

Occurrence in Nye 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. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044226
MRDS ID M231599
Record type Site
Current site name Bannock Mine
Alternate or previous names Volcano, Last Hope Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0009, 38.14994 (WGS84)
Relative position 5-6 MILES WEST OF RICHARDSON MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thunder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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)

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 Nye

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNKNOWN IN WESTERN PART OF DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Probably Bleaching, Silicification,Argillization.

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGE FROM $6-7 PER TON. OWNER REPORTED $2-$20/TON ASSAYS IN GOLD (1951) AND 15 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0009, 38.14994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Discoverer W.H. Thomas Of Tonopah.

Mining district

District name Hannapah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN 1912, AND SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED WHEN SHAFT WAS SUNK.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 265 FT 30-DEG. INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 75

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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