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Blue Jack Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044351
MRDS ID M231754
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jack Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28675, 38.30437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position EAST OF THE LIBERTY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 005N 042E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28675, 38.30437
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Antone District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner King, W. E.
    Home office Tonopah

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 8-10 TONS OF CHRYSOCOLLA ON THE DUMP IS SAID TO CONTAIN $21-$24 PER TON IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 150 FT ADIT WITH A 20 FT WINZE AND A SMALL RAISE, AND A 30 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 160-161

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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