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Jackpot Claim

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10040471
MRDS ID M055276
Record type Site
Current site name Jackpot Claim
Related records 10150414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72846, 40.34601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 44 MILES SOUTH OF WINNEMUCCA AND 5 MILES WEST OF PEARCE RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kennedy Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 038E 21 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST FLANK OF EAST RANGE. SHOWN ON KENNEDY CANYON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AS "PROSPECT" ON NORTH SIDE OF GARDEN CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel;Pumpernickel;Pumpernickel
    Rock description Pumpernickel;Pumpernickel;Pumpernickel

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FROM JOHNSON AND BAILEY FILES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Goldbanks District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter And Dorothy Low
    First year 1955

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS OF ORE YIELDED $80/TON AG IN 1867, AND $1.920/TON AG IN 1868.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • CONSIDERABLE EXPLORATION, INCLUDING SINKING A AFT TO 80 FEET AND DIAMOND DRILLING, BUT ABANDONED IN 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 274.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS: USGS FILES.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 44, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD OBSERVATIONS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS IRREGULARLY ALONG FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE AND A SEGMENT OF THE UNDERLYING SHALE.
Deposit SPORADIC HIGH-GRADING OPERATIONS DURIN1943-59 PRODUCED A FEW FLASKS OF MERCURY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M060495, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. THIS IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH WOOTAN (AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED), WHICH IS MRDS M242753 AND LOCATED NORTH OF JACKPOT. UNPUBLISHED TINGLEY (NBMG) FILES AND MAP SHOWS TWO DISTINCT SITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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