Irish Boy Claims

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046061
MRDS ID M233976
Record type Site
Current site name Irish Boy Claims
Alternate or previous names Empire Jackson Mine Lee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.04754, 41.42963 (WGS84)
Elevation 1642
Relative position 1 1/4 MI ESE OF JACKSON MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
041N 070E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON TOE OF A LOW RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Seriaitization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.04754, 41.42963

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N Striking Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPLACEMENT BODY ALONG N 10 W, NEAR VERT. FAULT, KAOLNIZED DIKE ALONG STRUCTURE, MASSIVE JASPERIN BACK-RED GOSSAN, SOME SPOTS CERUSSITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Tecoma

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 60-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT & 3 OTHER SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M, 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL, 648.

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAM BY T.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 1/13/80.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS WAS LOCATED IN JANUARY OF 1912, AND IS DEVELOPED BY A 60' VERTICAL SHAFT, AND OTHER ADJACENT SHAFTS (3) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit REPLACEMENT BODY ALONG FAULT; KAOLINIZED DIKE ALONG STRUCTURE. VEIN BEARS ARGENTIFEROUS CERUSSITE, SMITHSONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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