National Bank Mine

The National Bank Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,799 feet.

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: National Bank Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 36.89917, -116.82278

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National Bank Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: National Bank Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bullfrog District


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Westmoreland, Miss Bess
Home Office: Cleavland, Ga
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Bullfrog Hills


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rhyolite Silicified


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BEST ORE ASSAYED - 1910 - $230/TON


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT SMALL PRODUCTION OF ORE VARING FROM $65 TO $463 PERSON BETWEEN 1907 AND 1909

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 200 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 2 SHORT LEVELS

Comment (Geology): ORE CONSISTS OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE WITH MINUTE QUARTZ VEINLETS. GOLD IS FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE RATHER THAN WITH QUARTZ


References

Reference (Deposit): RANSOM, F.L., 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 113

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. SO, P. 34


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.