Little Giant Mine

The Little Giant Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Giant Mine
Secondary: Silver Leaf Group Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1869
Discovery Year: 1867
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
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Sericitic, Pyritic, Propylitic, Phyllic Alteration Of The Granite Porphyry, Increasing In Intesity Toward Veins.

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RICH ORE UP TO 150 OZ. AG PER TON. ORE MILLED SINCE 1903 VARIES IN GRADE FROM 14 TO 167 OZ AZ/TON AND UP TO 0.5 OZ/TON AU, AND 7% PB

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): RECORDS OF EARLY PRODUCTION 1860'S TO 1905) ARE FRAGMENTARY, BUT ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $500,000. WORTH.

Comment (Development): THIS WAS THE FIRST STEADY PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE PRINCIPAL MINE IN 1870. PRODUCTION CONTINUED HERE EVEN THROUGH THE LATE 1880'S WHEN MOST OTHER MINES IN THE DISTRICT SHUT DOWN. ORE WAS TREATED IN A MILL 1/2 MILE NORTH OF THE WORKINGS, ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED WITH 5 STAMPS, AND LATER WITH 10. RECORDS OF EARLY PRODUCTION (1860'S-1905) ARE FRAGMENTARY, BUT ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT $500,000 WORTH.

Comment (Deposit): FIRST PROSPECTED IN 1867. PRODUCTION TO JULY 1,1869 WAS ABOUT $70,000 TOTAL. THIS WAS THE FIRST STEADY PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE PRINCIPAL MINE IN 1870. PRODUCTION CONTINUED HERE, ON A SMALL SCALE EVEN THROUGH THE LATE 1880'S WHEN MOST OTHER DISTRICT MINES WERE SHUT DOWN. ORE WAS TREATED IN A MILL 1/2 MILE N. OF THE WORKINGS, ORIG. EQUIPPED WITH 5 STAMPS AND LATER WITH 10 RECORDS OF EARLY PRODUCTION (1860'S TO 1905) IS FRAGMENTARY, BUT IT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $500,000. WORTH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): LITTLE GIANT VEIN CUTS BOTH QUARTZITE AND PORPHYRY. ORE IN 1912 WAS MOSTLY STRONGLY OXIDIZED PYRITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT COUNTRY ROCK IN PLACES, CUT BY LATER PYRITE VEINLETS CUT BY LATER VEINS OF SECONDARY SILVER SULPHIDES

Comment (Location): BETWEEN IRISH ROSE AND BUCKINGHAM MINES

References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE. CALIF AND NW NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 594

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 459-B

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965

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.