Jaxrace Jewel Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Lead, Silver
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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044106
MRDS ID M231444
Record type Site
Current site name Jaxrace Jewel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39542, 40.366 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST FROM OREANA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arabia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 032E 21 SE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WEST OF JERSEY MINE AND SOUTHEAST OF WEST GROUP CLAIMS AT ARABIA (SITE). UTM CORRESPONDS TO ADIT SYMBOL ON MAP. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Plumbojarosite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39542, 40.366

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 45E
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Green, Harry And J. H.
    Home office Lovelock, Nv
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • 25-FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT IS PART OF CONTIGUOUS WORKINGS OF SAME VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 159.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    DECKER, D. J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: UNR: UNPUBLISHED MASTER THESIS.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OPEN FILE REPORT 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE EXPOSED VEIN IS COMPOSED OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ AND SB OXIDES, ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 5 % SB.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242851, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Royce, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) 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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