Fred Branch Property

The Fred Branch Property is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fred Branch Property
Secondary: May Be Same As Or On Same Vein As Grand Central Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District; South Fairview 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Fred Branch And Associates
Years: 1935 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Rhyolite

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ANOTHER RAN 2.8 OZ/T AG, 0.015 OZ/T AU.
Analytical Data: ONE SAMPLE RAN 0.03 OZ/T AU, 2.9 OZ/T AG

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): YORK'S LOCATION DESCRIPTION (7 MILES SE OF FRENCHMAN, ON WEST SIDE OF FAIRVIEW PEAK) AND THE GEOLOGY AND WORKING BOTH FIT THE GRAND CENTRAL VEIN. THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS FRED BRANCH PROSPECT IN BRANCH CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): VISITED AND EXAMINED BY BERNARD YORK ON 12 SEP 1935

Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR 1500 FT, 10-20 FT WIDE, IS A REPLACEMENT OF CALCITE BY QUARTZ

Comment (Workings): 4 CLAIMS OPENED BY 2 LOCATION SHAFTS AND ONE SHORT TUNNEL THAT CROSSCUTS THE VEIN ABOUT 10 FT LOWER AND 30 FT WEST OF SHAFT.

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

Reference (Deposit): YORK, B., 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE FRED BRANCH PROPERTY; NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 7, ITEM NO. 5.

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.