Gold Basin Gold Mining Co.

The Gold Basin Gold Mining Co. is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Gold Basin Gold Mining Co.  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.26389, -117.71917

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Gold Basin Gold Mining Co. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Basin Gold Mining Co.


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Gold Basin District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Not available


Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): BETWEEN $5000 TO $100,000 WAS PRODUCED TO 1969.

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS IN QUARTZ VEINS IN RHYOLITE TUFF.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Geology): GOLD- AND SILVER-BEARING ORE CONTAINING TRASES OF COPPER AND LEAD OCCURS IN THIN QUARTZ VEINS THAT AVERAGE LESS THAN 1 FOTT IN THICKNESS ALONG FAULTS IN RHYOLITY TUFF.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.