| Deposit ID | 10173617 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320150109 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Giant Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.07624, 40.6068 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032 N | 043 E | 36 | C E2NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Argentite | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Polybasite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -117.07624, 40.6068 |
|---|
| Strike | N45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 50W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 366M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1867 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Little Giant Gold And Silver Co. |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1936 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. D. Ramsey And Assoc. |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1954 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320150109 |
GAGE, H.L., THE PB-ZN MINES OF NEV., 1941, BONNEVILLE POWER
ADMIN., DONFID. RPT., P. 301.
LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
NEV., 1923, P. 106-108.
STAGER, H.K., PART II: MINERAL DEPOSITS, IN GEOL. AND MIN-
ERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV., 1977, NEV. BU MINES
BULL. 88, P. 69, PL. 3.
HILL, J.M., SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CAL. AND NW NEV.,
1915, USGS BULL. 594, P. 81-82.
VANDERBURG, W.O., RECON. OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO.,
NEV., 1939, US BU MINES I.C. 7043, P. 34.
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER
PEAK, QUAD., HUMBOLDT AND LANDER CO., NEV., 1965, USGS PRO
PAPER 459B.
BANDMAN, C.J., THE GOL. OF THE BATTLE MTN. MINING DISTRICT,
NEV., 1914, MINING WORLD, V. 40, P. 933.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-NOV-84 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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