See Big Springs Project

The See Big Springs Project is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,041 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

Name: See Big Springs Project  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 7,041 Feet (2,146 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.4944, -116.05670

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See Big Springs Project MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: See Big Springs Project
Secondary: Seq. No. 032070964
Secondary: Greenstone Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko


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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): CLAIMS ALSO LOCATED ON CHICKEN CREEK SUMMIT. DO NOT CONFUSE THIS CLAIM GROUP WITH THE GREENSTONE CLAIMS IN THE JERRETT CANYON PROPERTY.


References

Reference (Deposit): NO. 109.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,


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.