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Big Blossom Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044614
MRDS ID M232147
Record type Site
Current site name Big Blossom Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada Goldfield Mining Co., Nevada Sunshine Mining Co., Parson's Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2648, 37.26023 (WGS84)
Elevation 1908
Relative position 2.8 MILES SOUTH OF TOKOP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S 042E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2648, 37.26023
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Offset Of The Vein By Normal Faults.

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 70-75NE
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT SHAFT, THREE TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1907, PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 303, P. 82-83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.