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Gold Pan

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098613
MRDS ID M232511
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Pan
Alternate or previous names Blue Rock, Gylding

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69121, 40.31658 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 047E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Country Rock Has Been Argillized And Pyrometasomatized Adjacent To The Tenabo Stock.

Analytical data

Result SEE CARPER (1920) FOR ASSAY VALUES ON 6 SAMPLES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Valmy Formation
    Rock description Valmy Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69121, 40.31658
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Channelways: Faults, Fractures, Breccias

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREE VEINS CROSS THE PROPERTY-N40W DIPPING 28SW, AND TWO SMALL E-W VEINS. THE ORE VEINS OCCUR IN A FAULT FISSURE AND THE ZONE IS HIGHLY CRUSHED

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Mr. A. E. Raleigh

Mining district

District name Bullion

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDES A SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFTS, SMALL OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M232511

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USBM (MILS NO. 70) WINNEMUCCA SHEET, REFERENCE NO. 3201500126

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F. (1920) REPORT ON THE GOLD PAN PROPERTY. N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 151

  • Deposit

    WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CL, NEV, USGS MAP MF-647

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/FAULT ZONE; 5 VEINS ON PROPERTY
Deposit THE GROUP OF FIVE CLAIM; THE GOLD PAN 1-5 WERE FIRST LOCATED BY MR. A. E. RALEIGH. THE PROPERTY IS 600 FEET WEST OF THE LITTLE GEM. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF AN INCLINE SHAFT 180 FEET IN DEPTH WITH A 28-DEGREE PITCH TO THE WEST AND 60 FEET OF DRIFTS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER SMALL OPEN CUTS (CARPER 1920). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology