The Big Seven Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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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Big Seven Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Seven Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Quinn Canyon District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Oswald, A. W.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1946
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NOTE: THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE REPORTED (ESTIMATED?) LEGAL LOCATION AND THE NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION GIVEN IN THE FILE. THE NARRATIVE LOCATION PLACES THIS MINE SOMEWHERE IN T. 2 S., R. 54 E. BECAUSE THE MINE IS A REPORTED PAST PRODUCER OF MERCURY, IT IS LIKELY THE MINE IS IN THE VICINITY OF OTHER IDENTIFIED MERCURY MINES ON A SMALL HILL 2 MILES NW OF QUEEN CITY SUMMIT. THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD IS APROXIMATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).
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.
