The Big Four Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,480 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: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.6806, -116.07360
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Big Four Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Four Mine
Secondary: Big Four Mine & Mill
Secondary: See Doby George - 0320071052
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Phil Heater
Company ID: 2601355
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NO. 74; PLATE 3, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,
Reference (Deposit): 1989, P. .
Reference (Deposit): 1983, P. .
Reference (Deposit): 1977, P. 14.
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR:
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 28-29.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 408, 1910, P. 72.
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.
