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Jumping Jack Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044290
MRDS ID M231685
Record type Site
Current site name Jumping Jack Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07814, 38.53576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Relative position 0.3 MILES S-SW OF MANHATTAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Formation
    Rock description Gold Hill Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07814, 38.53576
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25-30 E
    Dip 60-70 NW
    Length 182.88M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Crush Zone. Bounded By Gouge And Slickensides.

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTINUATION OF ORE ZONE ON BIG PINE CLAIM, BIG FOUR,MAYFLOWER, AND REILLY FRACTION CLAIMS. VEIN HERE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT BELOW THE SURFACE. OREBODIES WERE SMALL AND IRREGULAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hudson, Arthur
    Home office San Francisco, Ca
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT PRODUCED IN 1906, 1907, 1910, AND 1913 ARE UNKNOWN. BETWEEN 1910-1919, $122,000 WAS PRODUCED. BETWEEN 1939-1941, $8,200 WAS PRODUCED. BETWEEN 1937-1938, $9,100 WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 80, 125, AND 225 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 143.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 50, P. 122-123.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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