Big Deal Claims 1-26

The Big Deal Claims 1-26 is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: Big Deal Claims 1-26  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.42139, -118.38917

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Big Deal Claims 1-26 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Big Deal Claims 1-26
Secondary: Maxine Claims? Nbmg # 3619


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pamlico


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Delbert Shultz
Home Office: P.O. Box 407, Hawthorne,Nv.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Copper Oxides And Sulfides


Rocks

Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): 1.5 MI. EAST OF LOMAN MINE

Comment (Development): MINE IS YET ACTIVE ; ECON.COM: SOME BUT EXACT AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN

Comment (Workings): A 35 FT. SHAFT AND A 170 FT. CROSSCUT UNDER THE SHAFT SHALLOW SHAFTS, ADITS, AND PROSPECTS, CABIN, STOCKPILED ORE, AND A SMALL MILL.

Comment (Geology): A SERIES OF SHALLOW WORKINGS EXPLORE PARALLEL VEINS THAT TREND EAST-WEST IN INTERCALCATED VOLCANICS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. SOME OF THE VEINS ARE MASSIVE QUARTZ;OTHERS ARE STRONGLY BRECCIATED . ; GEOL.DESC: TWO VEINS, UP TO 6 FT. THICK; WHERE VEINS ARE THICKEST THEY CONTAIN BRECCIA OF COUNTRY ROCK

Comment (Deposit): THE OWNER HAS BEEN MINING THESE VEINS AND STOCKPILING THE ORE NEAR HIS CABIN AND MILL.


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, N. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, PAMLICO MINING DSISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY,QUADE SITE VISIT 5-2-89 , NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES ).


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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