Little Jupiter Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272021
MRDS ID M060462
MAS/MILS ID 0320270579
Record type Site
Current site name Little Jupiter Mine
Related records 10042611

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.84677, 40.72849 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natchez Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033 N 037 E 17 SW Nevada

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.84677, 40.72849

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Circle A Const
    ID 2601260
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV.INDUS COMM.DIR.OF ACT.NEV.MINE OPS,JAN.31,1977,P.49

  • Deposit

    NEV.INDUS COMM.DIR.OF ACT.NEV.MINE OPS,APRIL,1976,P.58

  • Deposit

    NEV.INDUS.COMM.DIR.OF ACT.NEV.MINE OPS,OCT,1975,P.58

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION \0

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-94 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/01/1986
MSHA mine ID2601260
Mine name (MSHA)Little Jupiter Mine Or Little Jupiter Mi
Current operatorCircle A Construction Inc
Current controller (parent)Marvin Aslett
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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