The Big Casino Mine is a lead, copper, and gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Big Casino Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Casino Mine
Secondary: Monte Carlo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATES CONTAINED 4.2 OZ/TON AU, 12.1 OZ/TON AG, 17.9 % PB 5.5 % CU, 19.4 % ZN
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEINS CONTAIN QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH COMB STRUCTURE, NUMEROUS VUGS WITH SCATTERED GRAINS OF THE ORE MINERALS
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF MORE THAN $100,000 FROM 1913 TO 1941 .
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE. ONE MAIN SHAFT INCLINED 60 DEG. S 40 DEG. W.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO., NEV. USGS BULL. 906-D P. 185
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 201 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL ETAL 1965
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
