The Big Blossom Mine is a gold and tungsten mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Big Blossom Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Blossom Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1188
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Slate Ridge
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): SLATES, SHALES AND MUDSTONES ARE BRECCIATED AND CEMENTED WITH WHITE QUARTZ AND COATED WITH PROSY QUARTZ, AND CALCITE VEINS.
Comment (Workings): SERIES OF VERTICLE SHAFTS, SUNK IN ALLUVIUM, NO STRUCTURE APPARENT.
Comment (Geology): SILICEOUS SEDIMENTS METAMORPHOSED TO PHYLLITE AND TACTITE. SITE COULD BE ROOF PENDENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH-BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 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.
