The Big Four Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.54139, -117.11278
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Big Four Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Four Mine
Secondary: Annex Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Swackhamer, O. E., And Family
Years: 1930 - 1965
Owner Name: H. B. Chessher (Optioned In
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1935
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1937 ORE AVERAGED 0.43 OZ. AU & 74 OZ AG. PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): ON KNOLL JUST WEST OF BUZZARD MINE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT, OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): THE FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS WERE FIRST LOCATED BY F. CHAGNON AND W. AND D. MAC DONALD AND V. C. CLARK. THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY O. E. SWACKHAMER IN THE EARLY 1930'S AND REMAINED IN HIS FAMILY THROUGH 1965. IN 1954 THE CLAIMS WERE OPTIONED TO H. B. CHESSHER. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 55-FOOT SHAFT, A SHORT ADIT AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R. J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J. H., MCKEE, E. H. AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J. AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
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.
