The Gold Pan is a gold, silver, copper, and lead 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.31667, -116.69028
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Gold Pan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Pan
Secondary: Blue Rock
Secondary: Gylding
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Country Rock Has Been Argillized And Pyrometasomatized Adjacent To The Tenabo Stock.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE CARPER (1920) FOR ASSAY VALUES ON 6 SAMPLES
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN/FAULT ZONE; 5 VEINS ON PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): THE GROUP OF FIVE CLAIM; THE GOLD PAN 1-5 WERE FIRST LOCATED BY MR. A. E. RALEIGH. THE PROPERTY IS 600 FEET WEST OF THE LITTLE GEM. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF AN INCLINE SHAFT 180 FEET IN DEPTH WITH A 28-DEGREE PITCH TO THE WEST AND 60 FEET OF DRIFTS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER SMALL OPEN CUTS (CARPER 1920). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDES A SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD.
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFTS, SMALL OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): THREE VEINS CROSS THE PROPERTY-N40W DIPPING 28SW, AND TWO SMALL E-W VEINS. THE ORE VEINS OCCUR IN A FAULT FISSURE AND THE ZONE IS HIGHLY CRUSHED
References
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F. (1920) REPORT ON THE GOLD PAN PROPERTY. N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 151
Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CL, NEV, USGS MAP MF-647
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., 1977
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILS NO. 70) WINNEMUCCA SHEET, REFERENCE NO. 3201500126
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.
