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Big Springs Mine

Occurrence in Nye 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044200
MRDS ID M231564
Record type Site
Current site name Big Springs Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Bar, Gold Bar Nos. 1 and 2, Twenty-Two, Claims.
Related records 10149401, 10246243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75983, 38.98742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1.2 MILES NORTH OF ELLSWORTH TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 038E 18 SW OF SW OF SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1935 - ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED $18.70/TON IN GOLD. SAMPLES YIELDED 0.01-0.51 OZ/T AU
Result 0.2-1.1 OZ/T AG ACROSS VEIN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75983, 38.98742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE VEIN STRIKES N40E,DIPS 60SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rast, John
    Home office Ione,
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CAVED WORKINGS, INCLUDING A SHAFT., INCLINED SHAFT, VERTICAL SHAFT, DRIFTS, STOPES.

Comments on development

  • A SMALL 2-STAMP MILL OPERATED HERE AT ONE TIME, BELOW THE SPRING.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • SML

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 110

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    YORK,B.,1935,UNPUBLISHED REPORT: NBMG FILE 226,ITEM1

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994

  • Production

    NBMG MI-1993

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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