Deposit ID | 10173617 |
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MAS/MILS ID | 0320150109 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Little Giant Mine |
Point of reference | Trench |
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Geographic coordinates: | -117.07624, 40.6068 (WGS84) |
Elevation | 1890 |
Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Nevada | Lander |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Mount Diablo | 032 N | 043 E | 36 | C E2NE | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Antimony | Tertiary |
Copper | Tertiary |
Gold | Tertiary |
Lead | Tertiary |
Silver | Primary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Anglesite | Unknown |
Argentite | Unknown |
Cerussite | Unknown |
Galena | Unknown |
Polybasite | Unknown |
Sphalerite | Unknown |
Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
Trench (1) | -117.07624, 40.6068 |
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Strike | N45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dip | 50W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thickness | 0.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depth to top | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Width | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Length | 366M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operation type | Underground |
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Development status | Past Producer |
Commodity type | Metallic |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1867 |
Year of first production | 1880 |
District name | Battle Mountain District |
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Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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Type | Owner |
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Owner | Little Giant Gold And Silver Co. |
Home office | Nevada |
Year | 1936 |
Type | Operator |
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Owner | H. D. Ramsey And Assoc. |
Home office | Nevada |
Year | 1954 |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320150109 |
GAGE, H.L., THE PB-ZN MINES OF NEV., 1941, BONNEVILLE POWER
ADMIN., DONFID. RPT., P. 301.
LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
NEV., 1923, P. 106-108.
STAGER, H.K., PART II: MINERAL DEPOSITS, IN GEOL. AND MIN-
ERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV., 1977, NEV. BU MINES
BULL. 88, P. 69, PL. 3.
HILL, J.M., SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CAL. AND NW NEV.,
1915, USGS BULL. 594, P. 81-82.
VANDERBURG, W.O., RECON. OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO.,
NEV., 1939, US BU MINES I.C. 7043, P. 34.
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER
PEAK, QUAD., HUMBOLDT AND LANDER CO., NEV., 1965, USGS PRO
PAPER 459B.
BANDMAN, C.J., THE GOL. OF THE BATTLE MTN. MINING DISTRICT,
NEV., 1914, MINING WORLD, V. 40, P. 933.
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 05-NOV-84 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |