The Big Three Mine is a zinc, lead, gold, and copper mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.54889, -117.51500
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Big Three Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Three Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1119.
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Railroad Springs 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Energy Resources Of Golden, Co
Years: 1980 -
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Considerable Folding, Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Intense Hydrothermal Alteration
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): AREA FROM RAILROAD SPRING TO THE BIG THREE MINE WAS STAKED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS BUT THE MOST PROMINENT WAS ENERGY RESOURCES OF GOLDEN, COLORADO IN 1980
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS, OPEN-SPACE FILLING. QUARTZITE OCCURS AS BRECCIA FRAGMENTS IN SILICA MATRIX
Comment (Workings): CAVED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTS STRIKE E-W AND DIP 40-60
Comment (Location): 15 MILES N OF LIDA VIA DIRT ROADS. (LOCATION OF BIG 3 MINE GIVEN ON PLATE 2 OF NBMG BULL. 78 DIFFERS FROM THAT FOUND BY J. QUADE IN FIELD 1982). UTM IS FROM JACK QUADE'S FIELD EXAMINATION LOCATION. UTM IN BULL 78 IS N4156250, E453600. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF JUNE 1, 1982
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, PLATE 2.
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.
