The Big Ledge Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,181 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,181 Feet (1,884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.19694, -118.18111
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Big Ledge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Ledge Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1909
Material type: ORE AG AU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^9402/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nne-Trending Range-Front Faults
Type: L
Description: Sheeting, Strikes N75e, Dip 805
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF MIZOAJ MINE,. UNSURVEYED AREA. SECTIONS PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): LATER IN 1906, THE 5 CLAIMS WERE PURCHASED BY W.4-DAVIS WHO IN 1909 SHIPPED 30 TS ORE BY 1913 OVER 20 TONS ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED. IN 1916 W.M. JENNER OF GOLDFIELD AND IN 1918 HE SHIPPED 6 TONES ORE. IN 1920 THERE WERE 10 OR MORE MERCLAIMS DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS AND DRIFTS. IN 1920 ABOUT 2500 FT OF WORKINGS EMSTED.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT SIZE IS 1.25 MI LONG BY 0.5 MILE WIPE. IT IS A FAULT-FISSURE VEIN WITH GREENISH QUARTZ AND CALLITE, WHICH HAS BEEN MORE OR LESS CRUSHED.
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, DRIFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA; USGS OF
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.
