Giant Claim

The Giant Claim is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 feet.

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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

Name: Giant Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.02472, -117.24472

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Giant Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Giant Claim
Secondary: Horn Silver Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River 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: Lyster Farrington Of Big Smoky Valley Nevada Silver Producers 1960'S.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Toiyabe Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PODS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE SHIPPED IN 1937 AVERAGED 0.15 OZ GOLD, 40 OZ SILVER, 4% LEAD PER TON


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE SURFACE UNDERHAND-STOPE AND A NEARBY ADIT.

Comment (Geology): DIKES AND SILLS OF GRANOPHYRE, FELSITE, AND DIABASE CUT COUNTRY ROCKS IN VICINITY OF WORKINGS.

Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF AG-PB-ZN ORE MINED IN 1960'SE M220 VERTICAL SHAFT, CONNECTING ADITS AT 2 LOWER ELEVATIONS. NEW WORK AT UPPER PORTAL; TOOLS AND MACHINERY ON PROPERTY,1981.

Comment (Development): LAST MINING WAS DONE IN 1960'S BY NEVADA SILVER PRODUCERS (OTTO BRINK AND JAMES H. WREN)

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT LENSES AND PODS ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN GREY CRYSTALLINE MARBLE.


References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 188.

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): TINGLEY, J.V., FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 1981.

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 188.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.