The Jaxrace Jewel Prospect is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,721 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,721 Feet (1,439 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 40.36611, -118.39444
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Jaxrace Jewel Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jaxrace Jewel Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Arabia District
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
Owner Name: Green, Harry And J. H.
Home Office: Lovelock, Nv
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242851, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Deposit): THE EXPOSED VEIN IS COMPOSED OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ AND SB OXIDES, ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 5 % SB.
Comment (Workings): 25-FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL TRENCHES.
Comment (Development): PROSPECT IS PART OF CONTIGUOUS WORKINGS OF SAME VEIN.
Comment (Location): LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WEST OF JERSEY MINE AND SOUTHEAST OF WEST GROUP CLAIMS AT ARABIA (SITE). UTM CORRESPONDS TO ADIT SYMBOL ON MAP. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 159.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 54.
Reference (Deposit): DECKER, D. J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: UNR: UNPUBLISHED MASTER THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OPEN FILE REPORT 85-3.
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.
