The Sam Jack Group is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sam Jack Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sam Jack Group
Secondary: Silver Ace No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Lucky Boy No. 2 Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Hannapah District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Earl Mayfield, Jack Clark, And Others And, In Part, By George Boscovich And Assoc.
Home Office: Tonopah
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Thunder Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Volcanics Are Silicified And Mildly Argillized.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1980-A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAIN 100 PPM SILVER, 0.5% PB, 500 PPM BA.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): SEVERAL 100-FT HOLES WERE DRILLED ON THE SILVER ACE GROUND BY LESSEES IN 1967, AND GOOD VALUES WERE REPORTED. INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO TOOK A LEASE AND OPTION ON THE SILVER ACE GROUP IN 1968, WITH PLANS FOR A MAJOR DRILL PROGRAM
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): JASPERIZED GOSSAN
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF 14 CLAIMS.IN THE SAM JACK GROUP AND 23 IN THE SILVER ACE GROUPPROPERTY IS IN THE EXTREME WEST END OF THE DISTRICT OVERLOOKING RYE PATCH WELLS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 75
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1968.
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.
