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Jackson/Electric Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047026
MRDS ID M242267
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson/Electric Claims
Alternate or previous names Jackson Patented Claim, NBMG Sample Site 1383.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55953, 37.93272 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 040E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillically - Stained Fe-Mn Oxides

Analytical data

Result 4,600 CUBIC YARDS ORE PRODUCED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wyman Canyon
    Rock description Wyman Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.55953, 37.93272
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault Zone N30e, 60nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 60NW
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTERSECTING FAULTS OBSERVED ON HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain (Weepah, West Divide) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Electric Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED UNDERGROUND, NOW OPEN PIT 500 FT X 100 FT X 100 FT. PIT TRENDS ALONG STRIKE OF FAULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, MAY 15, 1983

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE FILLED WITH SULFIDE AND FREE AU BEARING QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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