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Blue Jacket Mine

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294992
MAS/MILS ID 0320070138
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jacket Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Jacket, Silas Cordes, Jackpot Mine, Esperanza

Comments on the site names

  • THIS PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF THE BLUE JACKET, CENTENNIAL, CENTENNIAL FIRST EXTENSION NORTH, LISBON LODE, MINNESOTA, AND ATLANTIC PATENTED CLAIMS. THE BLUE JACKET MILLSITE IS NOT CONTIGUOUS, BUT ON NEARBY BLUE JACKET CREEK. THIS PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDES THE EXPERANZA AND JACKPOT MINE CLAIMS. SILAS CORDES WAS A FORMER OWNER.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.12423, 41.7027 (WGS84)
Elevation 2423
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maggie Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044 N 052 E 22 NWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.12423, 41.7027
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 408, 1910, P. 69-73.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 38.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 60, 1962, P. 17, 50.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 65; PLATE 3, NO. 22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-91 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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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