Mine detail: Little Giant Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.6068, -117.07624

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Other material: Anglesite, Argentite, Cerussite, Galena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1867

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

References

MAS320150109
DEP10173617
Reference{Deposit:: GAGE, H.L., THE PB-ZN MINES OF NEV., 1941, BONNEVILLE POWER}{Deposit:: ADMIN., DONFID. RPT., P. 301.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF}{Deposit:: NEV., 1923, P. 106-108.}{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., PART II: MINERAL DEPOSITS, IN GEOL. AND MIN-}{Deposit:: ERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV., 1977, NEV. BU MINES}{Deposit:: BULL. 88, P. 69, PL. 3.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CAL. AND NW NEV.,}{Deposit:: 1915, USGS BULL. 594, P. 81-82.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., RECON. OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO.,}{Deposit:: NEV., 1939, US BU MINES I.C. 7043, P. 34.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER}{Deposit:: PEAK, QUAD., HUMBOLDT AND LANDER CO., NEV., 1965, USGS PRO}{Deposit:: PAPER 459B.}{Deposit:: BANDMAN, C.J., THE GOL. OF THE BATTLE MTN. MINING DISTRICT,}{Deposit:: NEV., 1914, MINING WORLD, V. 40, P. 933.}
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