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Jackson Prospect

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044725
MRDS ID M232300
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.32148, 40.36547 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thatcher Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 050E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Volcanics Silicified, Kaolinized, & Brecciated Near Orebodies

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 158
USGS model code 25i
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Frenchie Creek Rhyolite
    Rock description Frenchie Creek Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.32148, 40.36547
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Discontinous Silicified Shear Zones, And Permeable "Prepared" Horizons

Comments on the geologic information

  • HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS IN ALTERRED ANDESITE & DACITE TUFF, ALONG NORTH TRENDIGN SHEAR ZONES. INDIVIDUAL BEDS OF VOLCANIC WACKE HAVE BEEN SELECTIVELY REPLACED. THE IRON WAS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM DEUTERICALLY ALTERRED LOWER CRET. PLUTONIC ROCK, AND TRANSPORTED BY HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS (MUFFLER, 1964)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Modarelli-Frenchie Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Iron King Adventures Co.
    First year 1962

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS, HAND-DUG TEST PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNUMUCCA) MILS NO. 88, REFERENCE NO. 3201100163

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS OF INDUSTRY, P. 92

  • Deposit

    MUFFLER, L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGEL, NEV. USGS BULL 1179

  • Deposit

    SHAWE F.R., REEVES R.G., DRAL V.E., (1962) IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA PART C, N.B.M BULL 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE REPLACEMENTS ALONG SHEAR ZONES IN VOLCANICS
Deposit THE PROPERTY WAS HELD IN 1962 BY IRON KING ADVENTURES CO. DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF BULLDOZER CUTS, AND SEVERAL HAND DUG TEST PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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