The Big Indian is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,800 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.49361, -118.79750
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Big Indian MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Indian
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mount Grant
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Julia Ward
Home Office: Reno, Nev.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION ABOUT $100,000
Comment (Workings): 4 CAVED ADITS
Comment (Location): NO. FORK CORY CANYON
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VALUES ARE CHIEFLY IN GOLD IN A QTZ. GANGUE
Comment (Deposit): RESTRICTED AREA, SITE LOCATED ON HAWTHORNE ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EST. 10,000 TONS RECOVERABLE ORE IN DUMPS
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, PP. 45 - 46 .
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 .
Reference (Reserve-Resource): YORK, BERNARD, 1935 UNPUB. REPORT, NEV. BUREAU MINES FILE
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.
