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National Bank Mine

Past Producer 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. 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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098667
MRDS ID M241788
Record type Site
Current site name National Bank Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82367, 36.89913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position NW EDGE OF LADD MTN. OVER LOOKING RHYOLITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 046E 15 NW4 OF NW4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Rhyolite Silicified

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE ASSAYED - 1910 - $230/TON

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 > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82367, 36.89913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 60W

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE CONSISTS OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE WITH MINUTE QUARTZ VEINLETS. GOLD IS FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE RATHER THAN WITH QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Westmoreland, Miss Bess
    Home office Cleavland, Ga
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT SMALL PRODUCTION OF ORE VARING FROM $65 TO $463 PERSON BETWEEN 1907 AND 1909

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 200 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 2 SHORT LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOM, F.L., 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 113

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. SO, P. 34

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Hefner, M.L. (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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