Big Ledge Mine

The Big Ledge Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,020 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Big Ledge Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3818
Secondary: Jelinek Mine In Part

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Wall Rock, Mostly On South Or Hanging Wall Side

Rocks

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3818 CHIPPED FROM VEIN AND SELECTED FROM UPPER DUMPS, CONTAINS 0.15% FE, 0.015% TI, 30 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 100 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 70 PPM PB, 20 PPM ZR, AND 13 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS).

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN AND SILICIFIED OUTCROP BOLD OUTCROPS. VEINS FORMED BOTH BY FISSURE FILLING AND REPLACEMENT OF ADJACENT WALLROCK. VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF VUGGY QUARTZ WITH GREY SPECKS OF SILVER SULFIDE. SOME VEINS CONTAIN CALCITE AND FRAGMENTS OF SILICIFIED AND REPLACED RHYOCITE BRECCIA.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): SOLD TO DAVIS IN 1906, WORKED UNTIL 1916, SOLD TO JELINER WHO WORKED THE MINE INTO THE 1920'S. INACTIVE IN 1986

Comment (Workings): OPEN STOPE AND ADIT ON WEST SIDE OF BIG LEDGE #2.

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 19 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUB. REPORT ON CARSON SINK AREA

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 71-74.

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.