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Jim Dandy Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10044436
MRDS ID M231854
Record type Site
Current site name Jim Dandy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26121, 39.12381 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position 0.75 MILES NE OF THE FORK OF SAN JUAN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tierney Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 015N 042E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Ore Is Nearly Completely Oxidized.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26121, 39.12381
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Winter, Jess
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vierra, Frank
    Home office Sparks
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner O'Toole, Bart
    Home office Reese River
    First year 1948

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 210.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    KLEINHAMPL, 1980

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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