Big Top

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271410
MAS/MILS ID 0320230007
Record type Site
Current site name Big Top
Alternate or previous names Baxter, Baxter-Hancock Tungsten Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.82534, 38.79212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2361
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 037 E 28 N2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.82534, 38.79212

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5087, 1954, P17

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 65, 1964, PP158-159

  • Deposit

    GSA MEMOIR 15, 1946, PP 34, 36, 65, 179-180

  • Deposit

    NEV UNIV BULL, V39, 1945, P135

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-91, 1991, APPENDIX B,

  • Deposit

    TABLES B-1 AND B-2, SAMPLES 418, 421, 422, 785-790;

  • Deposit

    PLATE 4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-91 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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