Giant Group

The Giant Group is a mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Giant Group

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.1086, -114.62250

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Giant Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Giant Group
Secondary: Lucky Star Mine
Secondary: Lucky Star
Secondary: Idamic Mine
Secondary: Camp Bird Claims


Commodity

Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit 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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oklahoma
Info Year: 1977

Owner Name: Bristol Silver Mines,Inc
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1976


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1923
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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Hectorite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Calcite


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 12, P. 138

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5446, 1959, P. 31-32.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 171, 1932, P. 73.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.