The Little Giant Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.6069, -117.07530
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Little Giant Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Giant Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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: H. D. Ramsey And Assoc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1954
Owner Name: Little Giant Gold And Silver Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1936
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Polybasite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Geology): LOWER PART OF VEIN HAS STE-LIKE PATTERN, WITH FLAT-LYING PORTIONS BEING MUCH RICHER THAN STEEP PARTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1915, USGS BULL. 594, P. 81-82.
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 88, P. 69, PL. 3.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CAL. AND NW NEV.,
Reference (Deposit): ERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV., 1977, NEV. BU MINES
Reference (Deposit): NEV., 1923, P. 106-108.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., PART II: MINERAL DEPOSITS, IN GEOL. AND MIN-
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
Reference (Deposit): ADMIN., DONFID. RPT., P. 301.
Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L., THE PB-ZN MINES OF NEV., 1941, BONNEVILLE POWER
Reference (Deposit): NEV., 1914, MINING WORLD, V. 40, P. 933.
Reference (Deposit): BANDMAN, C.J., THE GOL. OF THE BATTLE MTN. MINING DISTRICT,
Reference (Deposit): PAPER 459B.
Reference (Deposit): PEAK, QUAD., HUMBOLDT AND LANDER CO., NEV., 1965, USGS PRO
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER
Reference (Deposit): NEV., 1939, US BU MINES I.C. 7043, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., RECON. OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO.,
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.
