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Jumbo Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103975
MRDS ID M232065
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo Mine
Alternate or previous names Jumbo Claim, Lucky Boy Claim, Grizzly Bear Claim, Clermont Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22202, 37.71328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position ONE MILE SOUTH OF COLUMBIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 003S 042E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Famatinite Ore
Gold Ore
Alunite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE SHIPMENT IN 1904 CONTAINED $4,960 PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22202, 37.71328
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N16W
    Dip 90
    Length 182.88M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer C.D. Taylor
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 220-222

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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