The Big Vein Prospect is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,301 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: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.83083, -115.40917
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Big Vein Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Vein Prospect
Secondary: Eighty Foot Vein
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Janbidge District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ON THE BLUSTER GROUND BETWEEN THE SOUTH ENDS OF THE PICK AND SHOVEL AND BLUSTER MINES AND PPROXIMATELY PARALLELLING THE VEINS OF THESE MINES IN STRIKE & DIP IS THE NORTH END OF THE SO-CALLED BIG OR 80-FOOT VEIN. FROM THE BLUSTER GROUND THISVEIN EXTENDS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SINGLE JACK CLAIM & IS SAID TO CONTINUE AT LEAST TO GORGE GULCH, 3/4 MILES DISTANT, WHERE THE INDIAN CAMP & OREGON GROUPS ARE STAKED ON IT & OTHER VEINS THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO THE BLUSTER VEIN. WHERE IT HASBEEN PROSPECTED NEAR THE BLUSTER MINE IT IS SAID TO CARRY FROM $5 TO $10 IN GOLD TO THE TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1923) THE JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NEV. U.S.G.S. BULL.741
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.
