The Big Mouth is a gold and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Big Mouth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Mouth
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Olinghouse (White Horse) District
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nne-Trending Fault Zones.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylization
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY LOCATED ABOUT 1860 (OVERTON, P 72), HAS PRODUCED SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SELECTED ORE. WORKINGS EXPLORE NORTHERLY TRENDING MINERALIZED FAULT ZONES IN WELDED ASH FLOW TUFFS. IN SEC 17, MINERALIZED ZONES CONSIST OF A NETWORK OF QUARTZ VEINLETS IN PROPYLITIZED, BRECCIATED, WELDED TUFF, ZONES VARY FROM 5-15' IN WIDTH
Comment (Location): IN BIG MOUTH CANYON PAH RAH RANGE
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEVADA, NBMG BULL 70, 1969
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, TD, MIN RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE, CO, NEV NBMG BULL 46, 1947
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.
