The Jack Group is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,881 feet.
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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
Elevation: 8,881 Feet (2,707 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.68528, -116.30722
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Jack Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jack Group
Secondary: Six Mile No. 1 To No. 11 Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Morey District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: U.S. Vanadium Corp.
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH = 0.20 MR/HR.
Analytical Data: SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.02% U308. BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY = 0.02 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Development): SIXMILE CLAIM WAS STAKED BY JOHN AND EUGENE TITUS IN 1956-1957 AND WAS LATER INCORPORATED INTO THE JACK GROUP OF 9 CLAIMS. STRIPPING WAS CONDUCTED IN 1972 BY U.S. VANADIUM CORP
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT., BULLDOZER TRENCHES
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.
Comment (Deposit): THE LOCATION BY GARSIDE AND THAT OF KLEINHAMPL ARE NOT THE SAME. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, LJ, 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 81, P. 93
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.
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.
