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Jackrabbit Incline

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Iron, Bismuth
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037379
MRDS ID M032080
Record type Site
Current site name Jackrabbit Incline
Alternate or previous names Part of the Day Mine Or Black Metal Mine, Onandago Claim.
Related records 10173834

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59862, 38.0944 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 15 MILES N OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03N 66E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. 2000 FT N OF THE DAY SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1926 ORE ASSAYED 15-20 % MN, 3 OZ/T AG, 0.8 % PB. A CARLOAD OF ORE IN 1924 RAN 0.04 OZ/T AU, 329 OZ/T AG, 36 % PB, 6.5 % CU, 2.1 % BI
Result AVERAGE ORE AT THAT TIME RAN 0.01 OZ/T AU, 10 OZ/T AG, 0.8 % PB, 0.2 % CU, 3 % FE, 10 % MN, 40 % CAO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59862, 38.0944
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Dipping Bristol Thrust Plate, Highland Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
    Strike N25E (ONANDAGO VEIN)
    Dip 40W (ONANDAGO VEIN)
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Faults; Intersection Of A N-S Fissure With A N70e Fissure.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY CONSISTS OF A VERTICLE PIPE 25 FEET THICK FROM WHICH ORE BEDS EXTEND OUT LATERALLY INTO THE LIMESTONE. FROM THE CENTER OUT, THE ORE BECOMES HIGHER IN MN AND LOWER IN AG AND PB. THE HIGHLAND PEAK LIMESTONE IS SHATTERED AND BRECCIATED OVER A LARGE AREA, MUCH OF IT IS WHITE DOLOMITE MARBLE, BUT THIS SEEMS TO HAVE NO BEARING ON THE OCCURENCE OF THE ORE. THE ORE CONSISTS OF SOFT BLACK OXIDE (WAD) AND PYROLUSITE MIXED WITH CARBONATE GANGUE. THE HIGH GRADE ORE HAS A STEELY LUSTER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bristol Silver Mining Co. (84%)
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • DURING THE LATTER PART OF 1926, SHIPMENTS WERE MADE AT A RATE OF 1900 TONS OF MN ORE A MONTH. GRADE WAS 15-20% MN, 3 OZ AG/TON AND .8% PB. PRODUCTION UP TO 1912 INCLUDED WITH THE BRISTOL MINES REPORT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 20-30 DEGREE INCLINE BEARING S50W WITH CROSSCUT AT BOTTOM WHICH CONNECTS WITH THE DAY SHAFT OF THE BLACK METAL MINE.

Comments on development

  • EARLY ORE WAS USED AS A FE-MN-CAO FLUXING ORE FOR 3 EARLY AREA SMELTERS. FROM 1924 TO 1927, 22 % MN ORE WAS BEING SHIPPED TO COLOMBIA STEEL (25000 TONS NET $3.97/TON)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEM 6.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 9.

  • Production

    WESTGATE AND KNOPF, 1932; HILL, 1916

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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