Jumping Jack Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150254
MRDS ID M221703
MAS/MILS ID 0320231092
Record type Site
Current site name Jumping Jack Mine
Alternate or previous names Berg Nos. 1-3, Moore Creek Prospect, Jumping Jack Group, Jumping Jack Nos. 1 and 2, Mrjj Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.99622, 38.84073 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 011 N 044 E 01 NWNWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.99622, 38.84073

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moores Creek Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN THE BERG FAMILY FOR 3 GENERATIONS. KEN BERG, OWNER OF JUMPING JACK MOTEL, AT CARVERS, NV, OWNS IT (1993). IT HAS BEEN LEASED TO VARIOUS MINING COMPANIES NUMEROUS TIMES. IT WAS SURRENDED BY THE LLX CLAIM GROUP MOST RECENLTY (1993). DRILLING PROGRAMS HAVE NOT RESULTED IN DEFINING RESOURCES. SEE THE MRJJ CLAIM GROUP MPF (0320231096) FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.