Jackson Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149324
MAS/MILS ID 0320070017
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.07167, 41.44101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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
Mount Diablo 041 N 070 E 18 C NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.07167, 41.44101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 42W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 11M
    Width 38M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N15W:42W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Tecoma

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Metal Miners, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Bullock
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MIN BULL. 54, PP.148-150.

  • Deposit

    POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, P. 224.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941M BONNEVILLE

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV.,

  • Deposit

    1916, USGS BULL. 648.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, A.E., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO

  • Deposit

    CO., NEV., NEV. BU MINES BULL. 54, P. 148-150.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH PACIFIC RAILROAD, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N. NEV. AND

  • Deposit

    N.W. UTAH, 1964.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO, CO., NEV., USGS OPEN

  • Deposit

    FILE RPT. 1976-56, P. 158-159.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.