The Big Crystal Deposit is a silica mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Silica
Lat, Long: 38.58083, -119.17833
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Big Crystal Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Crystal Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Feox
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONLY SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES HAVE BEEN DUG ON THE PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT SIZE LIMITATION RESTRICTS ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY
Comment (Commodity): DEPOSIT COULD YIELD A HIGH PURITY SILICA WITH A HIGH BRIGHTNESS IN THE FINELY CRUSHED PRODUCT WITH SOME SORTING.
Comment (Location): EST. LOCATION 2 MI UP NYE CANYON EAST OF HWY 22
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75
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.
