Jackson Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Manganese, Barium-Barite
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045116
MRDS ID M232782
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50628, 41.31849 (WGS84)
Relative position 75 MILES NNW OF HUMBOLDT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hobo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 031E 20 SE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2431 FROM DUMP OF EASTERNMOST ADIT CONTAINS 15 % FE, 5 % MG, 10 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 3000 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 100- PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 10000 PPM CU, 15 P-PM MO, 20 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 20 PPM SC, 700 PPM SR , 200 PPM V-, 30 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50628, 41.31849

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District; Jackson Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING FARTHEST EAST IS AN ADIT TRENDING S45E, MAYBE 200 FT LONG. CU OXIDES ON DUMP. NEXT WORKINGS APPROXIMATELY -100 FT TO WEST ARE AN ADIT TRENDING S30W, MAYBE 75-100 FT LONG-, AND AN OPEN CUT IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THIS ADIT, AND ANOTHER W-ORKING IN CANYON TO WEST ON WEST SIDE OF CANYON, A SMALL ADIT -MAYBE 100 FT LONG, TRENDING WEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1912; THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE WESTERN U.S.; U.S.G.S. BULL 507.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 21 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CU OXIDE MINERALS IN WHITE, MILKY, VUGGY QUARTZ ASSOCIATED WITH A HORNFELS WHICH IS IN TURN ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDI-UM-FINE-GRAINED GRANODIORITE? INTRUSIVE. EPIDOTE ON FRACTURE S-URFACES IN HORNFELS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN INTRUSIVE. HORNF-ELS MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN A BASIC IGNEOUS ROCK. MAIN ADIT W-AS DRIVEN ON A MILKY WHITE QUARTZ VEIN IN HORNFELS. INTRUSIVE -CONTACT IS VERY CLOSE.
Deposit NO EXACT LOCATION IS GIVEN BY HILL, NOR ANY DETAILED INFORMATION. MOST OF THE LIMESTONE IN THIS AREA IS LISTED AS JUR-TRI IN AGE, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL TERTIARY INTRUSIVES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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