The Goldbanks Quicksilver Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,640 feet.
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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: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.4744, -117.67860
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Goldbanks Quicksilver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldbanks Quicksilver Mine
Secondary: Gold Banks
Secondary: Goldbanks
Secondary: Furnaces Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Goldbanks
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Restoration Gold Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1986 - 1995
Owner Name: Restoration Minerals Co.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 - 1997
Owner Name: Kinross Gold Corp.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 - 1997
Owner Name: Kinross Gold Coporation
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1997 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Discovery Year: 1986
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
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 (Deposit): ALSO CHECK USGS ID# MO6O492 (M060492). PROPERTY COVERS 10,000 AC/4050 HECAC. PROPERTY WILL POBABLY COME ON LINE IN 1999. BIB REF 007 HAS RESOURCE DATA FROM 1993 OR 1994. DATA NOT ENTERED IN TABLE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL DEMONSTRATED ORE, 12/31/96 PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE: INPLACE; MINABLE AND DILUTED:
References
Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B8.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL, 1996/97, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL107, #??, AUG., 31, P17.
Reference (Deposit): BUSINESS WIRE, INDUSTRIES, NEWS RELEASE, 12/9/96, P1,2.
Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, JAN 13, 1997, P3.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #50, DEC., 11, 1996, P5.
Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, VOL., 86, #17, APRIL 26, 1997, P11.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107,#50, DEC., 11, 1996, P5.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG., 21, 1996, P7.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 149, 150.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 106, #23, JUNE 7, 96, P21.
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, PP 56, 57, PL 2A
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1356, 1973
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8252, 1965, P 14
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 33, 1940
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41, 1944, P 170 PL 1
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P 15
Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P 30.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 27-30.
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 246, 247.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 26, 27.
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.
