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Big Casino Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037135
MRDS ID M031001
Record type Site
Current site name Big Casino Mine
Alternate or previous names Monte Carlo Mine
Related records 10174065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85971, 35.46473 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES EAST OF SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourth of July Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 064E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES CONTAINED 4.2 OZ/TON AU, 12.1 OZ/TON AG, 17.9 % PB 5.5 % CU, 19.4 % ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85971, 35.46473
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS CONTAIN QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH COMB STRUCTURE, NUMEROUS VUGS WITH SCATTERED GRAINS OF THE ORE MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION OF MORE THAN $100,000 FROM 1913 TO 1941 .

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE. ONE MAIN SHAFT INCLINED 60 DEG. S 40 DEG. W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO., NEV. USGS BULL. 906-D P. 185

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 201 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL ETAL 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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