The Big Chief is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.25556, -116.75194
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Big Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Chief
Secondary: Lakin
Secondary: Gold Acres Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.35 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Type: L
Description: Across, On The West Side Of The Gold Acres Normal Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrometasomatic Skarn Assemblage Of Tremolite Scapolite, Jasperiod, And Calc-Silicates Has Replaced Much Of The Country Rocks.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IGNEOUS CONTACT ZONE; SKARN CONTAINING SCHEELITE
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 54, REFERENCE NO. 3201500004
Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
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.
