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Big Indian

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037636
MRDS ID M035779
Record type Site
Current site name Big Indian

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79846, 38.49353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 6 MILES DUE SOUTH OF MT. GRANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 029E 06,07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NO. FORK CORY CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION ABOUT $100,000

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.79846, 38.49353
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VALUES ARE CHIEFLY IN GOLD IN A QTZ. GANGUE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Julia Ward
    Home office Reno, Nev.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EST. 10,000 TONS RECOVERABLE ORE IN DUMPS

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CAVED ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, PP. 45 - 46 .

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 .

  • Reserve-Resource

    YORK, BERNARD, 1935 UNPUB. REPORT, NEV. BUREAU MINES FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN
Deposit RESTRICTED AREA, SITE LOCATED ON HAWTHORNE ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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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