USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Big Indian Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Old Injun Mine ? Nbmg # 4204, 4205
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: E-W Fault Fissures Deposit: Small ore bodies occur in E-W fault fissures filled with limonite, talc, quartz. There are four distinct, nearly parallel vein: the spanish, old injun and altogether veins dip to the south. The north star vein di…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Ward, Julia · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Talc
- Chalcopyrite
- Gold
- Pyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Gold
View all 16 reported minerals
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Talc
- Chalcopyrite
- Gold
- Pyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Limonite
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Talc
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 39624
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (10)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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