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Blue Jack Property

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037009
MRDS ID M029075
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jack Property
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample 2957
Related records 10149606

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87601, 41.47348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position IN BLACK ROCK RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 027E 15,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE VIA FAIR TO POOR ROAD THE LAST 2 MILES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result UP TO 0.3 MR/HR
Result ASSAYS OF 0.14 AND 0.185% U3O8. SAMPLE 2957 FROM EXPOSED VEIN WITHIN PIT CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 10.0 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 700 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 20000 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 20000 PPM CU, 50 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 1000 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR, AND 3000 PPM AS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.87601, 41.47348
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 3-10 Ft. Wide Shear Zone Between Silicified Limestone And A Diorite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY VARIES DIRECTLY WITH SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS. CHRYSOCOLLA, AZURITE, CHALCOCITE, MALACHITE, LIMONITE, QUARTZ, AND TORBERNITE ARE PRESENT ALONG A 3-10 FT. WIDE SHEAR ZONE BETWEEN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AND A DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Varyville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blue Jack Corp.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner James H. Cole
    Home office Winnemucca ?
    First year 1985

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF CU WAS PRODUCED IN 1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS; OPEN PIT ABOUT 25 M ACROSS; ADJACENT DOZER CUTS (1984).

Comments on development

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 81

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BADLY FOLDED AND FRACTURED PHYLLITE AND SLATE CUT BY N40W SHEAR ZONE WHICH PROVIDED A CONDUIT FOR CU-BEARING SOLUTIONS EXPOSED IN A 50 X 150 FT OPEN PIT. SLICKENSIDES ARE COMMON LEAVING A THICK, SHINY VENEER OF FAULT GOUGE ON MANY OF THE SEDIMENTS. NUMEROUS SPRINGS ALONG PARALLEL FAULTS.
Deposit DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Walker, George W. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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