The Basque Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,906 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,906 Feet (1,800 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.24278, -117.74444
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Basque Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Basque Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2382
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sherman District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Basque Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1922
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. GRADE, 12.00/TON (1937). SAMPLE 2382 CONTAINS 15 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.3 % CA, 0.07 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 1500 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 100 PPM BI, 150 PPM CD, 500 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 50 PPM SN, 300 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR, AND 4.6 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOLD WAS DISCOVERED HERE IN 1922 BY J. CASTACAO, A SHEEPHERDER. ABOUT 800 TONS ORE WERE TREATED IN A MILL ON THE PROPERTY AND SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED TO SMELTERS, BY THE BASQUE MINING AND MILLING CO., ORGIZED IN 1927 AND OWNING 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS PLUS 1 1/2 SECTIONS PATENTED LAND. IN 1930, THE COMPANY BUILT A 25 TPD AMALGAMATION CONCENTRATION MILL WHICH OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1934. DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1937 CONSISTED OF 6 ADITS AND OTHER WORKINGS TOTALLING ABOUT 5,000 FEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): OVER 800 TONS ORE AT $12.00 PER TON IN 1930'S
Comment (Development): 19A 25 TDD AMALGAMATION MILL WAS BUILT
Comment (Location): E. SLOPE BLOODY RUN HILLS
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ON VERY LARGE N-S VEIN SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE TRACED FOR 400-500 FT UP THE RIDGE. VEINS ARE IN A DARK GREY SHALEY MEMBER OF THE RASBERRY FORMATION. THE MAIN ADIT IN THE CENTER OF CAMP IS CAVED AND THE ONE REMAINING SURFACE STRUCTURE IS BARELY STANDING. EXTENSIVE DUMPS DO NOT CONTAIN VISIBLE MINERALIZATION AND VERY PURE QUARTZ. THE VEINS WERE PROBABLY IN SHEARS, AS SLICKENSIDES ARE COMMON, AND MUCH OF THE ORE MUST HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH GOUGE. SAMPLE 2382 WAS SELECTED FROM DUMPS.
Comment (Workings): IN 1985, THERE WAS ONE VERY LARGE ADIT AND DUMP IN CENTER OF CAMP NEAR MILL SITE, AND OTHER WORKINGS FARTHER UP THE HILL TO THE SOUTH WITH NO ROAD TO UPPER WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: VEIN WIDTH 4 TO 12 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC. 6995, P. 43.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 11 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
