The Blue Jackett Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Blue Jackett Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Jackett Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1868
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WAS THE FIRST DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT IN 1868. IT WAS WORKED THROUGH TWO TUNNELS AND A SHAFT. ALL WERE INACCESSIBLE IN 1956. TWO 5-STAMP AMALGAMATION MILLS WERE BUILT IN BLUE JACKETT CANYON. BY 1908 THE AREA WAS IDLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT VEIN; FISSURES, SHEAR ZONES
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS AND A SHAFT
Comment (Production): ORE ALSO CONTAINED SMALL AMOUNTS OF COPPER AND ZINC.
Comment (Development): FIRST DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT, WORKED THROUGH 2 TUNNELS AND A SHAFT, ALL INACCESSIBLE IN 1956. TWO 5-STAMP AMALGAMATION MILLS WERE BUILT IN BLUE JACKET CANYON. THE AREA WAS IDLE BY 1908.
Comment (Geology): THE AREA IS TRANSECTED BY A SERIES OF NORTHEAST TRENDING FAULTS.
References
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A.E., (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 54.
Reference (Deposit): DECKER, R.W., (1962) GEOLOGY OF THE BULL RUN QUAD, ELKO CO., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 60.
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.
