| Deposit ID | 10045448 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233191 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Indian Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Old Injun Mine ? Nbmg # 4204, 4205 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.79874, 38.48798 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3048 |
| Relative position | 10 MI. SW OF HAWTHORNE ON BIG INDIAN MTN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Corey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
East Walker(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 007N;007N | 028E;029E | 01;;06 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Result | GRAB SAMPLES: TR-1.62 OZ AU |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.18-2.26 OZ. AG |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rocks | ||||||||
| Rock description | Granitic Rocks | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rocks |
| Rock description | Granitic Rocks |
| (1) | -118.79874, 38.48798 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | E-W Fault Fissures |
| Strike | E-W |
|---|---|
| Dip | THE SPANISH AND THE OLD INJUN AND ALTOGETHER VEINS DIP TO THE SOUTH,WHILE THE NORTH STAR VEIN DIPS TO THE NORTH. |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Area First Worked In The 1870'S And Later In The 1930'S; Mine Has Been Idle Since 1936. |
| Production years | EARLY AND LATER PRODUCTION TOTALED ABOUT $180,000 |
| District name | Mount Grant District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ward, Julia |
| Home office | Reno, Nevada |
| First year | 1935 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233191 |
ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USMB IC 6941
CARPER, A. F., FEB. 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON OLD INJUN MINE, IROQUOIS MINING CO.
TELLURIDE CLAIMS,MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 6-14-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
CARPER, A. F., 1920; ROSS, 1961
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL ORE BODIES OCCUR IN E-W FAULT FISSURES FILLED WITH LIMONITE, TALC, QUARTZ. THERE ARE FOUR DISTINCT, NEARLY PARALLEL VEIN: THE SPANISH, OLD INJUN AND ALTOGETHER VEINS DIP TO THE SOUTH. THE NORTH STAR VEIN DIPS TO THE NORTH AND IS OF A DIFFERENT CHARACTER THAN THE OTHER THREE VEINS IN THAT IT IS A SULFIDE VEIN CARRYING SOME GALENA WITH AG VALUES. |
| Deposit | THE SPANISH VEIN CROPS OUT ON CREST OF BIG INDIAN MOUNTAIN. OLD INJUN VEIN CROPS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN NEAR THE CREST.THE ALTOGETHER VEIN CROPS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOME PROMINENT GRANITE CLIFFS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1991 | Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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