The Big Bob is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Big Bob MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Bob
Secondary: Lucky Girl Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Edgemont
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Mica
Comments
Comment (Development): OPENED ON 5 LEVELS, ALL OF WHICH WERE UNDER WATER IN 1908
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS
Comment (Workings): 5 LEVELS OF WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEIN DISCORDANT TO QUARZITE BEDDING. LOWER MOST VEIN OF THE LUCKY GIRL GROUP
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED JUST ABOVE OLD MILL WHICH SERVED THE LUCKY GIRL GROUP. IT IS OPENED ON FIVE LEVELS, ALL OF WHICH WERE UNDER WATER IN 1908.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): EANMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA, CO., USGS BULL. 408.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M. (1976)
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.
