Big Mouth

The Big Mouth is a gold and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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

Name: Big Mouth  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.77694, -119.42639

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.