Big Springs Mine

The Big Springs Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 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

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Site Name

Primary: Big Springs Mine
Secondary: Gold Bar
Secondary: Gold Bar Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Twenty-Two
Secondary: Claims.

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellsworth District

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Rast, John
Home Office: Ione,
Years: 1935 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Paradise Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.2-1.1 OZ/T AG ACROSS VEIN.
Analytical Data: 1935 - ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED $18.70/TON IN GOLD. SAMPLES YIELDED 0.01-0.51 OZ/T AU

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): ONE VEIN STRIKES N40E,DIPS 60SE

Comment (Development): A SMALL 2-STAMP MILL OPERATED HERE AT ONE TIME, BELOW THE SPRING.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW CAVED WORKINGS, INCLUDING A SHAFT., INCLINED SHAFT, VERTICAL SHAFT, DRIFTS, STOPES.

Comment (Other Database): SML

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 110

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): YORK,B.,1935,UNPUBLISHED REPORT: NBMG FILE 226,ITEM1

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994

Reference (Production): NBMG MI-1993

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.