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Jelinek Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047624
MRDS ID M243036
Record type Site
Current site name Jelinek Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Ledge, NBMG Sample Sites 3823, 3824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17846, 39.20463 (WGS84)
Relative position JELINEK MINE IS SAME AS THAT SHOWN AS MIZPAH MINE ON BELL CANYON 7 1/2' TOPO

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 016N 034E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 300 FT UP THE SOUTH SIDE OF MIZPAH CANYON, A TOP THE RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3823 CHIPPED FROM VEIN CONTAINS 0.3% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.03% TI, 200 PPM MN, 2000 PPM AG, 14 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM PB, 30 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3824 FROM DUMPS ADJACENT TO PIT ON VEIN CONTAINS 0.2% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.03% TI, 150 PPM MN, 1500 PPM AG, 17 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS), 300 PPM BA, 7 PPM BE, 50 PPM CU, 50 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 20 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17846, 39.20463
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 80 S-90
    Length 914.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Horgan And D'Arcy

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED SHAFT AND ADIT ON TOP OF RIDGE WITH MORE WORKINGS TO SW & DOWN THE CANYON

Comments on development

  • SOLD TO DAVIS IN 1906 WHO WORKED MINE UNTIL 1916 AND SOLD IT TO JELINEK WHO WORKED THE MINE INTO THE 1920'S. STAKING IN 1986 DONE BY SPECTRUM EXPLORATION, NOT ON FILE AT COURTHOUSE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 10 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUB. REPORT ON CARSON SINK AREA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS OCCUR ALONG THE TRACE OF THE BIG LEDGE VEIN WHICH CUTS SILICIFIED LIGHT-COLORED VOLCANICS. BIG LEDGE VEIN, DESCRIBED BY SCHRADER AS THE PIONEER VEIN IN THE CAMP LYING IN THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIM BLOCK, EXPOSED FOR 3000 FT. VEIN WAS OPENED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT WORKINGS FROM MIZPAH CANYON AND FROM THE TOP BY A SHAFT AND ADIT (SAMPLE 3823). AT THAT SITE, THE VEIN WAS IN A RHYOLITE BRECCIA WITH COMB QUARTZ, STREAKS AND SPECKS OF SILVER SULFIDES AND GOLD. WORKINGS WERE SUNK ON A POD-LIKE FINE-GRAINED COMB QUARTZ 30-40 FT WIDE, AT WHICH LOCATION THE VEIN BORE N 65 E, NEAR VERTICAL. SAMPLE INCLUDED SOME ADULARIA AND SULFIDE SPECKS IN THE QUARTZ AND BRECCIA MATRIX. SCHRADER REPORTED THE LOWER WORKINGS ON THE SIDE OF MIZPAH CANYON TO BE IN GOOD ORE FOLLOWING THE VEIN, 2-20 FT WIDE AT THAT POINT. SAMPLE 3824 FROM A PROSPECT SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS SW ALONG SAME BIG LEDGE VEIN-A SMALL CAVED SHAFT ON A 3-4 FT WIDE EXPOSURE OF WHITE COMB QUARTZ WITH SOME VUGGY
Deposit QUARTZ AND SPECKS OF DARK GREY SILVER SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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