The Big Pay Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,220 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: 5,220 Feet (1,591 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.67167, -117.07417
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Big Pay Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Pay Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1929
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF SMALL DRAW E. OF ELDER CREEK
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT AND 155 FEET OF LEVEL WORKINGS 45 FT. BELOW THE COLLAR OF THE SHAFT. THE SHAFT IS FILLED WITH WATER BELOW 80 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G., BULL. 59
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., AND D. C. ARNOLD, (1965) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLD; HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY
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.
