Jokermine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037179
MRDS ID M031057
Record type Site
Current site name Jokermine
Related records 10197298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16748, 36.09278 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF SCANTON HILL AT LAKE MEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hiller Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
021S 070E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16748, 36.09278

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ FILLED SHEAR ZONE 6 - 18 INCHES WIDE COMPOSED OF COUNTRY ROCK, CLAYEY GOUGE, AND QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE PROBABLY MILLED BUT NO REPORTED PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME ORE PROBABLY MILLED BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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