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Jumbo Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044196
MRDS ID M231560
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.71034, 38.05827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 7 MILES SW OF MORONI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stone Cabin Ranch SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 047E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.71034, 38.05827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike Nw, Dip 50 Sw.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 50SW
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphically Controlled By The Limestone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS UNDERLAIN BY A QUARTZITE INTERBEDDED WITH SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellendale District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chemical And Pigment Co.
    First year 1963

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 48.77M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 25 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 56

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 57.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS FEATHERS OUT LATERALLY
Deposit OVERBURDEN IS OFTEN 6 FT OR MORE IN DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (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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