The Big Horn Extension Claims is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.72167, -117.75444
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Big Horn Extension Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Horn Extension Claims
Secondary: Big Horn Extension Claims No. 1-10
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865) (Red Mountain District,1864)
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: Gold Wedge Divide Mining Co.,
Home Office: Tonopah, Nev.
Years: 1946 -
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): NE OF AND ADJACENT TO NIVLDC MINE; EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN- APPROXIMATED ON TOPO SHEET UTM IS TO APPROXIMATELY CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK WHICH EXTENDS OUTWARD UP TO 400 M ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): THE NIVLOC VEIN PASSES ONTO THIS PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): FEW SCATTERED SURFACE HOLES
References
Reference (Deposit): HUGHES, H.H., (1940'S?), UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON BIG HORN EXTENSION GROUP MINING CLAIMS, NIVLOC,- ON FILE AT NBMG FILE 101, ITEM 16
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.
