The Giant Claim is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.02472, -117.24472
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Giant Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Giant Claim
Secondary: Horn Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Lyster Farrington Of Big Smoky Valley Nevada Silver Producers 1960'S.
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHIPPED IN 1937 AVERAGED 0.15 OZ GOLD, 40 OZ SILVER, 4% LEAD PER TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE SURFACE UNDERHAND-STOPE AND A NEARBY ADIT.
Comment (Geology): DIKES AND SILLS OF GRANOPHYRE, FELSITE, AND DIABASE CUT COUNTRY ROCKS IN VICINITY OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF AG-PB-ZN ORE MINED IN 1960'SE M220 VERTICAL SHAFT, CONNECTING ADITS AT 2 LOWER ELEVATIONS. NEW WORK AT UPPER PORTAL; TOOLS AND MACHINERY ON PROPERTY,1981.
Comment (Development): LAST MINING WAS DONE IN 1960'S BY NEVADA SILVER PRODUCERS (OTTO BRINK AND JAMES H. WREN)
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT LENSES AND PODS ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN GREY CRYSTALLINE MARBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 188.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 1981.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 188.
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.
