USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Churchill County
Gold Basin Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Churchill
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Gold Basin
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Ore(s): Shear Zone 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. Gold occurs in narrow fractures or fissures described by Vanderburg as striki…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 250 ft, 100 ft deep, 600 ft.
Mindat -
Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 100 ft deep, 600 ft.
Mindat -
Winze
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 100 ft deep, 600 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 12 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
· length 250 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Ore(s): Shear Zone 250-ft long adit, winze less than 100 ft deep driven from the adit level and subsidiary workings comprising in all… -
Level
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Ore(s): Shear Zone 250-ft long adit, winze less than 100 ft deep driven from the adit level and subsidiary workings comprising in all… -
Winze
· depth 100 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Ore(s): Shear Zone 250-ft long adit, winze less than 100 ft deep driven from the adit level and subsidiary workings comprising in all…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Acanthite
- Native Gold
- Quartz
- Rhyodacite
- Welded tuff
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (12)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60955
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
- underground workings
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