Big Indian Mine

The Big Indian Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 10,000 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Big Indian Mine
Secondary: Old Injun Mine ? Nbmg # 4204
Secondary: 4205

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mount Grant 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

Owner Name: Ward, Julia
Home Office: Reno, Nevada
Years: 1935 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: E-W Fault Fissures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.18-2.26 OZ. AG
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES: TR-1.62 OZ AU

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE SPANISH VEIN CROPS OUT ON CREST OF BIG INDIAN MOUNTAIN. OLD INJUN VEIN CROPS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN NEAR THE CREST.THE ALTOGETHER VEIN CROPS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOME PROMINENT GRANITE CLIFFS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): SMALL ORE BODIES OCCUR IN E-W FAULT FISSURES FILLED WITH LIMONITE, TALC, QUARTZ. THERE ARE FOUR DISTINCT, NEARLY PARALLEL VEIN: THE SPANISH, OLD INJUN AND ALTOGETHER VEINS DIP TO THE SOUTH. THE NORTH STAR VEIN DIPS TO THE NORTH AND IS OF A DIFFERENT CHARACTER THAN THE OTHER THREE VEINS IN THAT IT IS A SULFIDE VEIN CARRYING SOME GALENA WITH AG VALUES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 16 TUNNELS AND ONE SHAFT: 2 TUNNELS ON SPANISH VEIN, 6 ON OLD INJUN VEIN, 6 TUNNELS ON THE ALTOGETHER VEIN, 2 TUNNELS ON THE NORTH STAR AND AN INCLINE SHAFT 150 FEET DEEP. TUNNELS RANGE IN LENGTH FROM 35 T/ 850 FEET, MOST ARE NOW CAVED IN.

Comment (Production): EARLY PRODUCTION: $60,000 FROM SPANISH VEIN; $20,000 FROM OLD INJUN VEIN; SOME LEAD-SILVER CONCENTRATES FROM NORTHSTAR. LATER PRODUCTION ABOUT $100,000

Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN AT CREST OF BIG INDIAN MTN. QUAD SHEET: COREY PEAK 7-1/2

Comment (Development): IN EARLY DAYS, OLD INJUN MINE PROPERTY COMPRISED OF 20 CLAIMS, ONE CLAIM CALLS NORTH STAR WAS PATENTED. LATER, BIG INDIAN MINE COMPRISED OF 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. IDLE IN 1936

References

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 6-14-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

Reference (Production): CARPER, A. F., 1920; ROSS, 1961

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USMB IC 6941

Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A. F., FEB. 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON OLD INJUN MINE, IROQUOIS MINING CO.

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.