The Gold Basin Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Gold Basin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Basin Mine
Secondary: Branch Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Basin Mining Co., Owned By E. S. Montgomery
Home Office: Fallon, Nv
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Gold Basin Mining Co.,
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 SAMPLES COLLECTED BY WILLDEN AND SPEED CONTAINED 0.11, 0.59 AND 1.11 PPM AU, AND 3, 7, AND 5 PPM AG.
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OWNED AND WORKED BY FRED BRANCH AND ASSOCIATES FROM 1915 TO AT LEAST 1935, AT WHICH TIME THE OWNERS HAD A SMALL GASOLINE-POWERED COMPRESSOR ON THE PROPERTY AND WERE CONSTRUCTING A SMALL ELLIS MILL AT WESTGATE. 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE ONLY PRODUCTION WAS A FEW SMALL SHIPMENTS TO THE DAYTON CUSTOM MILL AT SILVER CITY.
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO ONE SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): GOLD OCCURS IN NARROW FRACTURES OR FISSURES DESCRIBED BY VANDERBURG AS STRIKING N 30 W, DIP 60 E, BUT THE SHEAR ZONE EXPOSED IN THE PORTAL AND OBSERVED BY WILLDEN AND SPEED TRENDS N 24 E, DIP 87 NW. THE 3.5-FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE EXHIBITS THE STRONGEST CRUSHING ON THE FOOTWALL SIDE. SOME OF THE OXIDIZED AND BRECCIATED MATERIAL IN THE SHEAR ZONE PANNED FREE GOLD WELL, ACCORDING TO VANDERBURG. INTERSECTION OF FISSURES PROVIDED SOME GOOD-GRADE ORE, BUT FISSURES ARE IRREGULAR-HARD TO PREDICT GOOD VALUES.
Comment (Workings): 250-FT LONG ADIT, WINZE LESS THAN 100 FT DEEP DRIVEN FROM THE ADIT LEVEL AND SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS COMPRISING IN ALL ABOUT 600 FT. SEVERAL CAMP BUILDINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 74, PL. 1
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., USBM IC 7093
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, USGS OFR.
Reference (Deposit): YORK, BERNARD, 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 7, ITEM 6.
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.
