Jefferson Canyon Project

Past Producer in Nye 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 10270745
MAS/MILS ID 0320231110
Record type Site
Current site name Jefferson Canyon Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.97452, 38.71053 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
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

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 010 N 044+E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.97452, 38.71053

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 Jefferson Canyon District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

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    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

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    KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL

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    DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.; NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES &

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    GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B.

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    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES

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    OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO.

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    BERG, L.R., 1942, A HISTORY OF THE TONOPAH AREA AND ADJACENT

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    REGION OF CENTRAL NEVADA; 1827-1941: M.A. THESIS, UNR.

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    CLARK, W.J., 1914, UNPUBLISHED STATEMENT OF THE JEFFERSON

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    GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES &

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    GEOLOGY FILE 247 ITEM 7.

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    BLACKBURN, W.H., 1919, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE JEFFERSON

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    GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES &

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    GEOLOGY FILE 247 ITEM 10.

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    STOCKLEY, L.A., 1911; AND PROF. GEOL. S. HOPKINS, -

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    UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SIERRA-NEVADA GROUP: NEVADA BUREAU

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    OF MINES & GEOLOGY FILE 247, ITEM 12.

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    KREL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEY COUNTY, NEVADA

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    BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, P. 80-83.

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    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

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    MANHATTAN DISTRICT, NV, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN

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    723, P. 7.

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    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 1968, P. 192.

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    PACKARD, G.A., 1909, JEFFERSON CANYON, NEVADA: MINING AND

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    SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 99, P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POINT OF REFERENCE IS TO A LARGE CLAIM BLOCK, SPANNING SEVERAL SECTIONS. THIS FILE CONTAINS INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL PROPERTIES: PRUSSIAN SHAFT, KEOKUK MINE, BUCKEYE MINE, JEFFERSON MINE, PRUSSIAN MINE (0320230327), BRIAN MINE, SIERRA NEVADA MINE (KANNOHAT), UNION SOUTH, WILLIAMS SHAFT, HILLSIDE MINE, SAILOR BOY MINE (CHARLES PROPERTY), TROY MINE, SILVER SHIELD CLAIMS, JEFF AND VIOLA (SAWMILL) CLAIMS, BLACK QUARTZ CLAIMS, ANTIMONY LODE, JEFFERSON MILLSITE, PRUSSIAN MILLSITE, AND SIERRA NEVADA MILLSITE. THIS ENTIRE AREA OF JEFFERSON CANYON HAS A DRILL DELINEATED SILVER RESOURCE, OWNED BY ROUND MTN GOLD CO. IN 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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