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Jackrabbit Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044905
MRDS ID M232535
Record type Site
Current site name Jackrabbit Mine
Alternate or previous names Andy N Sayre Mine, Jackpot Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.26848, 38.7138 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI SE OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 024E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW FLANK OF PINE GROVE HILLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF SULFIDE ORE: 0.4% CU, 9.8% PB, 8.3% ZN, 3 OZ. AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.26848, 38.7138
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Considerable Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFIDE ORE OCCURS BENEATH A STRONG GOSSAN OUTCROP IN AN AREA OF CONSIDERABLE FAULTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Wilson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Walter Cox (Lessee In
    Last year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION OF SULFIDE ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300-FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75

  • Deposit

    STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY & LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49

  • Production

    MOORE, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1949 THE MINE WAS UNDER LEASE TO WALTER COX. A 300-FOOT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN WITH A SOUTHERLY COURSE. THERE WAS SOME SMALL UNRECORDED PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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