Jessup Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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 10173098
MAS/MILS ID 0320010185
Record type Site
Current site name Jessup Mine
Alternate or previous names Jessup

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.88019, 39.94679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 N 028 E 18 NENESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.88019, 39.94679

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jessup District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I -

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #51, DEC., 18, 1996, P1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COULD BE EITHER THE "JESSUP" EXPLORATION PROPERTY OWN BY AMERICOMM RESOURCES CORPORATION, (1996/97): & FORMERLY OWNED BY SOUTHWESTERN GOLD CORPORATION, (1994/95) OR COULD BE THE "JESSUP PROPERTY" EXPLORATION PROPERTY OWNED BY SANTA FE PACIFIC GOLD CORPORATION. PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE JESSUP MINING DISTRIC, MAS SEQ 0320010570.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-APR-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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