The Big Six Mine is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Big Six Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Six Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lynn 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Type: L
Description: High Angle Nw & Ne Striking Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SIMILAR TO AND SOMETIMES CONSIDERED A CARLIN-TYPE GOLD OCCURRENCE. GOLD OCCURS IN A FREE STATE ALONG A SHEAR ZONE IN CHERT.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THE TALBOT ADIT (1400 FT. LONG), THE MILL ADIT (800 FT. LONG), THE BULL MOOSE ADIT (700 FT. LONG), AND AN INCLINED SHAFT 300 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): ORE VALUES ARE CHIEFLY GOLD WHICH OCCURS IN A FREE STATE ALONG A SHEAR ZONE IN THE CHERT. THE PRINCIPLE ZONE STRIKES N35E AND DIPS 40NW. THE GANGUE CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF SILICIFIED MATERIAL AND LIMONITES. THE RICHEST ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH BISMUTH. SIMILAR TO AND SOMETIMES CONSIDERED A CARLIN-TYPE GOLD OCCURRANCE.
Comment (Development): A SMALL AMALGAMATING MILL WAS BUILT IN 1917.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1907 BY W. E. BARNEY. A SMALL AMALGAMATING MILL WAS ERECTED IN 1917. IN THE 1930'S THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY THE BEAVER CROWN CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THE TALBOT ADIT 1,400 FT. LONG, THE MILL ADIT 800 FT. LONG, BULL MOOSE ADIT 700 FT. LONG, AND AN INCLINED SHAFT 300 FT. DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., ET A., (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL. 64
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 311, REFERENCE 3201100155
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO CO., NEV., USGS BULL. 408
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., USBM IC 7022
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.
