| Deposit ID | 10043959 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231269 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Pay Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.07512, 40.67157 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1591 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES NW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Snow Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Humboldt(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 | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 043E | 01 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.07512, 40.67157 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N-Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Year of first production | 1929 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 47.24M |
| Overall depth | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231269 |
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G., BULL. 59
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT AND 155 FEET OF LEVEL WORKINGS 45 FT. BELOW THE COLLAR OF THE SHAFT. THE SHAFT IS FILLED WITH WATER BELOW 80 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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