The Great Basin Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Great Basin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Basin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Great Basin Mine, Inc.
Info Year: 1987
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NOTE: THE REPORTED LEGAL DESCRIPTION (T. 13 S.) PLACES THIS MINE IN CLARK COUNTY. THEREFORE, THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
References
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1986, P. 42.
Reference (Deposit): NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1987, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
