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Big Tiger Prospect

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037165
MRDS ID M031040
Record type Site
Current site name Big Tiger Prospect
Related records 10270321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.17889, 35.47723 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position .5 MILE EAST OF CRESCENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 061E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result THE BEST ASSAYS NEAR THE FAULT INDICATED $10 - $12/TON ( 1907

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.17889, 35.47723
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Cutting The Quartzite On The Sw

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LODE IS A SEMICIRCULAR MASS OF SHATTERED OXIDIZED QUARTZITE RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ AND CARRIES AU AND AG. QUARTZITE IS MUCH SHATTERED AND SHOWS SCHISTOSE STRUCTURE IN PLACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crescent

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT IS NEAR THE BASE OF THE QUARTZITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., 1907 , PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. USGS BULL. 303 P. 79 .

  • Deposit

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

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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