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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044284
MRDS ID M231679
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07731, 38.53549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 0.3 MILES 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
Pyrite Gangue

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) -117.07731, 38.53549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20-40 E
    Dip 90
    Length 609.6M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bedding Or Vertical Joints.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE CONSISTS OF SMALL VEINLETS 1/8 TO 1/2 IN WIDE OF IRON-STAINED COMBY QUARTZ CARRYING OXIDIZED PYRITE AND FINELY DIVIDED FREE GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burdick - Wittenburg Estate

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1914-1917 WAS ABOUT $300,000. (FERGUSON, P. 139).

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO LARGE GLORY HOLES. THE LARGER OF WHICH IS 900 FT LONG BY 50 TO 75 FT DEEP. CUTS AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • A.O. SMITH CO. SAMPLED THE AREA IN ABOUT 1937. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BIG PINE, BIG FOUR, MAYFLOWER AND REILLY FRACTION HAD POTENTIAL FOR A HIGH-TONNAGE, LOWGRADE OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 139-140.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 240, ITEM 12

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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