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Big Four Mine

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044283
MRDS ID M231678
Record type Site
Current site name Big Four Mine
Related records 10125267, 10295714

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07759, 38.5366 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position JUST S-SW OF MANHATTAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Ore Is Completely Oxidized To The 300 Ft Level.

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE TENOR IN 1913 WAS $8.32 PER TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Formation
    Rock description Gold Hill Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07759, 38.5366
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 141.73M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Joint Planes. Stringers And Narrow Veinlets 1/8 To 1/2 In Wide Along Joint Planes Striking N30e, Dipping Vertically To Steeply Se, And To A Lesser Extent Along Bedding.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SCHIST AND SANDSTONE STRIKE N 20-40 W, DIP 38-78 SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burdick - Wittenberg Estate

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT PRODUCED BETWEEN 1909-1913 IS UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT SHAFT. JOKER TUNNEL JOINS WORKINGS ON 200 LEVEL. THERE ARE SOME CUTS AND A GLORY HOLE. LARGEST STOPE IS OVER 100 FT BY 50 FT WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 123-124

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 140-141

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 124

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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