The Great Bend Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.75333, -117.19583
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Great Bend Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Bend Mine
Secondary: Great Bend Claim
Secondary: Thanksgiving Gift
Secondary: Red Butte Claims
Secondary: High Rock Fraction
Secondary: Nileak Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District; Diamondfield Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Great Bend, Ltd.
Years: 1934 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, STRINGERS, BUNCHES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Crushing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Alunitization, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF 5064 ASSAYS OF ALL WORKINGS = $29.30/TON (AT OLD PRICES $20/OZ AU) IN 1931
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS DAISY NO. 1 CLAIM ON THE WEST. 11 PATENTED AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 220 ACRES.. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 300 FT ON LEDGE AT 65 DEGREES; VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK IN 1908. WORKINGS IN 193J CONSISTED OF OVER 7200 FT OF SHAFTS DRIFTS, RAISES, AND WINZES. LONGEST DRIFT WAS ON THE 236-FT LEVEL AND WAS OVER 1200 FT LONG. DRIFTS ON 375 AND 400 FT LEVEL HAVE LENGTH OF 600 AND300 FT RESPECTIVELY.
Comment (Production): SOME GOOD ORE WAS STOPED FROM SOFT PAY SHOOTS 1934 EST. AT LEAST 50,000 TONS $8/TON ORE ($10-20 TON AT $32/OZ GOLD)
Comment (Development): LOFTUS & DAVIS LEASE ACTIVE IN 1908. OLD WORKINGS DEWATERED IN 1915
Comment (Deposit): WESTWARD CONTINUATION OF DAISY LEDGE ZONE. ORE IS IN TINY STRINGERS AND BUNCHES OF QUARTZ IN SOFT PAY SHOOTS IN ALUNITIZED ANDESITE. MOST ORE WAS FROM NEAR HANGING WALL OF LEDGE, BUT SOME NEAR FOOTWALL. 3 VEINS WALLS ARE FAIRLY WELL-DEFINED
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 19, P. 65-66
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1212-1213.
Reference (Production): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 251. TURNER, J.K., 1934, P. 4-5
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 251
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, J.K., 1934, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GREAT BEND MINE; NBMG FILE 91, 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.
