Mine detail: Gold Bank Mine

Previously called 'Forbestown Consolidated Gold Mines'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.53573, -121.26713

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz, Telluride
Orebody form: Tabular
Discovery year: 1887

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Hydrothermal vein
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Amphibole Schist,Diorite,Syenite

References

DEP10310622
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 48-49.}{Deposit:: Logan, C.A., 1930, Butte County: California State Mining Bureau, 26th Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 373-376.}{Deposit:: Miner, J.A., 1890, Gold Bank Mine: California State Mining Bureau, 10th Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 125-127.}{Deposit:: Saucedo, G.J. and Wagner, D.L., 1992, Geologic map of the Chico Quadrangle, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Regional Geologic Map Series, Map No. 7A, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.