Big Indian

The Big Indian is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,800 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 Indian  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.49361, -118.79750

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Big Indian MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Big Indian


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mount Grant


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Julia Ward
Home Office: Reno, Nev.


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION ABOUT $100,000

Comment (Workings): 4 CAVED ADITS

Comment (Location): NO. FORK CORY CANYON

Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VALUES ARE CHIEFLY IN GOLD IN A QTZ. GANGUE

Comment (Deposit): RESTRICTED AREA, SITE LOCATED ON HAWTHORNE ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): EST. 10,000 TONS RECOVERABLE ORE IN DUMPS


References

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, PP. 45 - 46 .

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 .

Reference (Reserve-Resource): YORK, BERNARD, 1935 UNPUB. REPORT, NEV. BUREAU MINES FILE


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.