USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Clark County
Big Tiger Prospect
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark
- Mining district
- Crescent
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 29 T28S R61E. gold silver Structure: Fault Cutting The Quartzite On The Sw Geology: The lode is a semicircular mass of shattered oxidized quartzite recemented by quartz and carries Au and ag. Quartzite is much shattered and shows schistose struct…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
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: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Gold
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Gneiss
- Native Gold
- Quartz
- Quartzite
- Schist
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (2)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61327
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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