The Farnsworth-Jones is a manganese mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 36.97194, -114.28833
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Farnsworth-Jones MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Farnsworth-Jones
Secondary: Amos
Secondary: Amos Hunt
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: 741500
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Replacement Mn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Plate, Normal Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5 SAMPLES CONTAINED: 10-22% MN, 4-14% AL2O3, AND 25-54% SIO2.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): MN OXIDES FILL FISSURE, BETWEEN LIMESTONE & PORPHYRY
Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT UNORGANIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): UTM'S AN EDUCATED GUESS, AREA UNSURVEYED
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): MORMON MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, FOR BLM, 1983.
Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
