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Jet Claims

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310501
MRDS ID M243037
Record type Site
Current site name Jet Claims

Comments on the site identification

  • All material from record M243037 has been incorporated into this record and updated. This record supersedes record M243037.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21124, 39.18074 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position The property is located about 80 km SE of Fallon.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 033E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • The property is accessible by poor road from the west. Easier access is via Nevada Fairview Mine.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: gray sulfide minerals
  • Gangue Materials: CLAYS, QUARTZ; IRON OXIDES AFTER PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) STRONG ARGILLIC ALTERATION; SILICIFICATION; LARGE ARGILLIZED AREA 1.25 MILES SQUARE

Analytical data

Result Sample 3817 from prospect adit, of silicified volcanics contains 1.5% Fe, 0.07% Mg, 0.15% Ca, 0.2% Ti, 50 ppm Mn, 30 ppm B, 200 ppm Ba, 30 ppm Cu, 7 ppm Mo, 30 ppm Pb, 700 ppm Sr, 70 ppm V, 700 Zn, 150 ppm Zr

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21124, 39.18074
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form irregular stockwork veining

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name FAIRVIEW DISTRICT

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation
Area name Fallon Naval Air Station

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Spectrum Exploration, Le Roi Spriggs
    Home office Hawthorne, NV
    Year 1986
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS, PROSPECTS, RECENT STAKING; SMALL PROSPECT ADIT

Comments on other economic factors

  • Reserves in 1986 were 1.8 Kilotonnes ore grading 0.02 opt Au.
    No production has been recorded from the property.

Comments on development

  • Samples were collected by Houston Oil & Minerals Company in 1977-78. Claims were staked but filing was apparently not completed.

    Based on sampling for Tenneco (HOMC), Jonson identified an open pit gold prospect here which may approximate 1.8 million tons, at a depth of less than 40 feet. Detailed mapping and sampling were recommended to enhance the target for possible drilling. In 1986 there was no apparent activity except for claim staking by Spectrum.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The deposit consists of a stockwork vein system in latite host in a pediment area exposed by recent erosion. Host rock has been affected by strong argillic alteration with some clays and iron-stained quartz. Minor wispy gray streaks of sulfides occur in quartz veining. Some siliceous sinter is associated with a rhyolite plug along the west edge of the altered area.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-80 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Reporter 01-NOV-86 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Reporter 01-MAY-03 LAPOINTE, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-07 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

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