The Area Between Big and Willow Creeks is a lead and zinc mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Area Between Big and Willow Creeks MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Area Between Big and Willow Creeks
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Strontium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Willow Creek 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Frontal Fault
Type: L
Description: Deformation Of Country Rocks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Shear Zones
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN THE AREA BETWEEN WILLOW CREEK AND BIG CREEK. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): SHEARED QUARTZ AND IRON-STAINED VEIN MATERIAL ALONG SHEAR ZONES, ALONG WEST FLANK OF A SMALL ANTICLINE
Comment (Workings): 150-FT INCLINED SHAFT; 2 SHORT ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO: NBMG BULL
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.
