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Jay Bird Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043860
MRDS ID M231151
Record type Site
Current site name Jay Bird Mine
Alternate or previous names Garfield Force

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.22128, 39.99656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Warrior Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 025E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Molybdenite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.22128, 39.99656
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip VERT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • CONTACT ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR 1000 FEET ALONG STRIKE, MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT, STOPE 50' X 10 TO 25' WIDE. SCHEELITE CONTENT OF ORE GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.5% WO3

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70 1969

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W C, GUILD P W, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NIGHTINGALE DIST, PERSHING CO, NEV USGS BULL 936-B, 1942

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.