Jay Bird Mine

The Jay Bird Mine is a tungsten mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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

Name: Jay Bird Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.99667, -119.22028

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Jay Bird Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Jay Bird Mine
Secondary: Garfield Force


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Nightingale District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: W skarn


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyroxene


Comments

Comment (Workings): CONTACT ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR 1000 FEET ALONG STRIKE, MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT, STOPE 50' X 10 TO 25' WIDE. SCHEELITE CONTENT OF ORE GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.5% WO3


References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70 1969

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W C, GUILD P W, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NIGHTINGALE DIST, PERSHING CO, NEV USGS BULL 936-B, 1942


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.