Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryLead, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Koipato Group
Associated rockRhyolite · Koipato Group
StructureNorth-Trending Shear Zone
AlterationSilicification; Pyritization; Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1908-1934
First production1908
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10045623
MRDS IDM233403
Alternate namesGoldbanks Merger, NBMG Sample Site 2905
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.46712, -117.60429
References
GARSIDE (1984)JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 56-57.VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6902, P. 15.DREYER, R. M., 1940, GOLDBANKS MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 33, P. 28-30.GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, GOLDBANKS MERGER MINES-FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, PERSHING COUNTY, GOLDBANKS DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILE.BAILEY, E.H. & PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSLIVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.