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Sam Jack Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044228
MRDS ID M231602
Record type Site
Current site name Sam Jack Group
Alternate or previous names Silver Ace No. 1 Claim, Lucky Boy No. 2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.96952, 38.19661 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.5 MILES N-NW OF MCKINNEY TANKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hannapah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 045E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSIST OF 14 CLAIMS.IN THE SAM JACK GROUP AND 23 IN THE SILVER ACE GROUPPROPERTY IS IN THE EXTREME WEST END OF THE DISTRICT OVERLOOKING RYE PATCH WELLS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) The Volcanics Are Silicified And Mildly Argillized.

Analytical data

Result 1980-A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAIN 100 PPM SILVER, 0.5% PB, 500 PPM BA.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intermediate silicic ash flow tuff
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones.Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • JASPERIZED GOSSAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hannapah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl Mayfield, Jack Clark, And Others And, In Part, By George Boscovich And Assoc.
    Home office Tonopah

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL 100-FT HOLES WERE DRILLED ON THE SILVER ACE GROUND BY LESSEES IN 1967, AND GOOD VALUES WERE REPORTED. INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO TOOK A LEASE AND OPTION ON THE SILVER ACE GROUP IN 1968, WITH PLANS FOR A MAJOR DRILL PROGRAM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 75

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1968.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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