Gold Pan

The Gold Pan is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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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.