The Ben Jackson Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,594 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,594 Feet (2,010 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.8175, -118.17139
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Ben Jackson Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ben Jackson Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City 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
Year: 1944
Material type: ORE W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^2% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
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: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS RED HAWK MINE ON THE SOUTH. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EUGENE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE HEAD OF POLE CANYON.
Comment (Development): THE MAJOR DAVIS WAS LATER INCLUDED IN THE DANNER MINES PROPERTY AND PRODUCTION WAS INCLUDED WITH OTHER ORE PRODUCE-D BY DANNER MINES. SOME ADDITIONAL WORK WAS DONE DURING THE PE-RIOD 1960-1970.
Comment (Deposit): A 12-INCH BED OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE INTERSTRATIFIED IN HORNFELS
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1943 BY BEN JACKSON OF WINNEMUCCA. WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO OPEN CUTS AND A 15-FT. ADIT, EXPLORES A 12 INCH BED OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE INTERSTRATIFIED IN HORNFELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): ABOUT 1 TON SORTED ORE CONTAINING 2 % W03 WAS MINED FROM THE ADIT IN 1944.
References
Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN, PAUL C., 1944, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREP., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION.
Reference (Production): STAGER, H. K. (IN PREP)
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.
