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Jules Verne Claim

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104036
MRDS ID M233861
Record type Site
Current site name Jules Verne Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77256, 41.77963 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 064E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF THE LONDON CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77256, 41.77963
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Dikes, Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Comments on the production information

  • A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SWANSEA WALES IN 1887. LESS THAN $5000

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIM; A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SWANSEA, WALES IN 1887

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL 847-A.

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1912, P 123.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit CARLOAD OF CU-ORE SHIPPED TO SWANSEA, WALES IN 1887 (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102). REFER TO SCHRADER'S CLAIM MAPS (1912, 1935) FOR LOCATION OF THIS CLAIM. MINERAL SURVEY 2003 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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