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Great Bend Mine, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 45' 11'' North , 117° 11' 48'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
37.75328,-117.19674
GeoHash:
G#: 9qswv0gby
GRN:
N26W66
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BWk : Cold desert climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Goldfield268 (2011)6.0km
Tonopah2,478 (2011)35.0km
Silver Peak107 (2011)38.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
428877
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:428877:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Great Bend Claim; Thanksgiving Gift; Red Butte Claims; High Rock Fraction; Nileak Claims


Structure: Post-Ore Crushing

Alteration: Silicification, Alunitization, Pyritization

Deposit: Westward continuation of daisy ledge zone. Ore is in tiny stringers and bunches of quartz in soft pay shoots in alunitized andesite. Most ore was from near hanging wall of ledge, but some near footwall. 3 veins walls are fairly well-defined

Deposit type: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au

Development: Loftus & davis lease active in 1908. Old workings dewatered in 1915

Rock formation(s): Milltown Andesite


Ore(s): Fissured Zones; Sheeting

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7 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAlunite7.BC.10KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
OOxygen
Oⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
KPotassium
Kⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS

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References

RANSOME, F.L., (1909), USGS PP 66, P. 251
Weed, Walter Harvey (1922) Describing the Mining Companies of the World. The Mines Handbook - succeeding The Copper Handbook Vol. 15. The Mines Handbook Co. pp.1212-1213
TURNER, J.K., (1934), UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GREAT BEND MINE; NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 6
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