Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1987
Identification
Deposit ID10084972
MRDS IDW700398
Alternate namesBig Springs
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.56518, -115.97315
References
STAFF, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 84 P.USDA FOREST SERVICE, 1987, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - BIG SPRINGS PROJECT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, 1987, A STUDY OF ACTIVE U.S. GOLD MINES: BOULDER, CO, PP. 68-72BONHAM, H.F.JR, AND HESS, R. H., 1993, MAJOR PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS, IN THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1992, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUB., MI-1992, P18ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1988, FEBRUARY, P.65MI 1992 (NBMG)