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Jumping Jack Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Clay, Aluminum, Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10044306
MRDS ID M231703
Record type Site
Current site name Jumping Jack Group
Alternate or previous names Betty Holts Group, El Dorado, Baby, Juniper, Sunny Side Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.99425, 38.83854 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 2.15 MILES SOUTH OF MOORES CREEK RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 011N 044E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Clay Tertiary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Clay Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Tuff Is Bleached, Argillized, And Silicified.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Northumberland Tuff
    Rock description Northumberland Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 32.3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.99425, 38.83854
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N14W
    Dip 65-75NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Deposits Are Associated With The Altered Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moores Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bery, Jim, Rogers, B. W., Zaral, Ray And Rene
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A PIT, SEVERAL SHAFTS, AND A SHORT TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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