Jaxrace Jewel Prospect

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

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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.