Jumbo Antimony Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174058
MAS/MILS ID 0320230390
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo Antimony Mine
Alternate or previous names Jumbo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.06482, 38.51413 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
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

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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)

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 008 N 044 E 32 NWNWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.06482, 38.51413

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 126.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, P. 15 AND

  • Deposit

    23 (LOCATION ONLY).

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1986, VOL. 81, NO. 2, P. 396 BY DR. SHAWE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED AS THE MY-T CLAIMS BY ROUND MTN GOLD CO. IN 1991. JOE FRANCISCO PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANTIMONY FROM THIS MINE IN 1940. JUMBO MINE LABEL SLIGHTLY MISPLACED ON U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPO. MAIN WORKING IS A GLORY HOLE THAT IS MARKED BY A MINE SYMBOL. INCLUDED IN WC CLAIM GROUP. SEE THAT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION. (0320231143).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-96 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.