Gold Basin Mine

The Gold Basin Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Gold Basin Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.20972, -118.12639

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Gold Basin Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Basin Mine
Secondary: Branch Canyon Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District; Gold Basin District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Basin Mining Co., Owned By E. S. Montgomery
Home Office: Fallon, Nv
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Gold Basin Mining Co.,
Years: 1940 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 3 SAMPLES COLLECTED BY WILLDEN AND SPEED CONTAINED 0.11, 0.59 AND 1.11 PPM AU, AND 3, 7, AND 5 PPM AG.


Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): OWNED AND WORKED BY FRED BRANCH AND ASSOCIATES FROM 1915 TO AT LEAST 1935, AT WHICH TIME THE OWNERS HAD A SMALL GASOLINE-POWERED COMPRESSOR ON THE PROPERTY AND WERE CONSTRUCTING A SMALL ELLIS MILL AT WESTGATE. 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE ONLY PRODUCTION WAS A FEW SMALL SHIPMENTS TO THE DAYTON CUSTOM MILL AT SILVER CITY.

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO ONE SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): GOLD OCCURS IN NARROW FRACTURES OR FISSURES DESCRIBED BY VANDERBURG AS STRIKING N 30 W, DIP 60 E, BUT THE SHEAR ZONE EXPOSED IN THE PORTAL AND OBSERVED BY WILLDEN AND SPEED TRENDS N 24 E, DIP 87 NW. THE 3.5-FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE EXHIBITS THE STRONGEST CRUSHING ON THE FOOTWALL SIDE. SOME OF THE OXIDIZED AND BRECCIATED MATERIAL IN THE SHEAR ZONE PANNED FREE GOLD WELL, ACCORDING TO VANDERBURG. INTERSECTION OF FISSURES PROVIDED SOME GOOD-GRADE ORE, BUT FISSURES ARE IRREGULAR-HARD TO PREDICT GOOD VALUES.

Comment (Workings): 250-FT LONG ADIT, WINZE LESS THAN 100 FT DEEP DRIVEN FROM THE ADIT LEVEL AND SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS COMPRISING IN ALL ABOUT 600 FT. SEVERAL CAMP BUILDINGS.


References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 74, PL. 1

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., USBM IC 7093

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, USGS OFR.

Reference (Deposit): YORK, BERNARD, 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 7, ITEM 6.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.