The Great Bend Annex is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,581 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,581 Feet (1,701 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.7514, -117.20250
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Great Bend Annex MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Bend Annex
Secondary: Red Butte No. 1 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 66, PLATE 1, NO. 10.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOM, F. L., 1909, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD,
Nevada Gold
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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.