Jersey Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044105
MRDS ID M231443
Record type Site
Current site name Jersey Mine
Alternate or previous names Victor Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39209, 40.36406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1430
Relative position 1000 FRT. N OF MONTEZUMA MINE; 220 FT E. ELECTRIC MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arabia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 032E 21 N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE VIA POOR DIRT ROAD 5 MI W OF CANAL ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39209, 40.36406

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Mineral Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N25-40E
    Dip 35-60E
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS 6 TO 24 INCHES WIDE AND IS SIMILAR TO THE VEINS AT EHT ELECTRIC MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 40 OZ. AG/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS, TRENCHES, PITS, ADITS, AND SHORT DIRIFTS.DUMPS IN 1984 ARE LARGE AND SEVERAL STOPES ARE OPEN TO THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT PRODUCED SPORADICALLY FROM 1860'S TO 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1918, ANTIMONIAL SILVER-LEAD VEINS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL 660

  • Deposit

    DECKER, D.J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: M.S. THESIS UNR.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/8/84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL MCLINED SHAFTS, TRENCHES, PITS, AN ADIT, AND SHORT DRIFTS. THE UPPER LEVELS ARE IN GRANODIRITE BUT IN DEPTH THE VEIN ENTERS THE HORNFELS WITH RESULTS UNFAVORABLE TO THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THE ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THE VEID IS 6 TO 24 INCHES WIDE AND IS SIMILAR TO THE VEINS AT THE ELECTRIC MINE. SAMPLE 2832 WAS TAKEN OF HIGHLY BRECCIATED AND OXIDIZED VEIN MATERIAL FROM OPEN STOPES AND PROSPECTS. MUCH OF TH-E ORE IS STAINED WITH A YELLOW OXIDE THOUGHT TO BE BINDHEIMITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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