Big Four Mine

The Big Four Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,480 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

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Site Name

Primary: Big Four Mine
Secondary: Big Four Mine & Mill
Secondary: See Doby George - 0320071052

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

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

Owner Name: Phil Heater
Company ID: 2601355
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): NO. 74; PLATE 3, P. 32.

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

Reference (Deposit): 1989, P. .

Reference (Deposit): 1983, P. .

Reference (Deposit): 1977, P. 14.

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR:

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 28-29.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 408, 1910, P. 72.

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.