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Big Three Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046790
MRDS ID M241998
Record type Site
Current site name Big Three Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1119.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.51592, 37.54884 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 040E 34,35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 15 MILES N OF LIDA VIA DIRT ROADS. (LOCATION OF BIG 3 MINE GIVEN ON PLATE 2 OF NBMG BULL. 78 DIFFERS FROM THAT FOUND BY J. QUADE IN FIELD 1982). UTM IS FROM JACK QUADE'S FIELD EXAMINATION LOCATION. UTM IN BULL 78 IS N4156250, E453600. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Intense Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.51592, 37.54884
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Considerable Folding, Faulting

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS STRIKE E-W AND DIP 40-60

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Energy Resources Of Golden, Co
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • AREA FROM RAILROAD SPRING TO THE BIG THREE MINE WAS STAKED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS BUT THE MOST PROMINENT WAS ENERGY RESOURCES OF GOLDEN, COLORADO IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF JUNE 1, 1982

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, PLATE 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS, OPEN-SPACE FILLING. QUARTZITE OCCURS AS BRECCIA FRAGMENTS IN SILICA MATRIX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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