The Big Wedge Claims is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Big Wedge Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Wedge Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tule Canyon 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: Kelsey, R. W.
Home Office: Box 1076, Bishop Ca.
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fault (Traceable For Several Hundred Yards.)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Tremolite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS FOLLOW BOTH SETS OF SHEARS.
Comment (Workings): SINGLE ADIT, SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS.
Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTS ARE INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE AND ALASKITE DIKES. ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SEDS AND IGNEOUS, SEDS ARE METAMORPHOSED TO SCHIST AND PHYLLITES WHICH IN TURN WERE CHLORITIZED. HOST ROCKS ARE COATED WITH CHALCEDONIC SILICA AND DRUSY QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 11 MAY 83
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.
