The Jackpot Mine is a silver, gold, copper, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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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:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.485, -117.08139
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Jackpot Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jackpot Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Polybasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1908. THE MINE WAS WORKED MAINLY FROM 1905 TO 1911 WITH LATER REOPENINGS. SOME MINING WAS DONE ABOUT 1920. IN 1936 AND 1937 MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE AUSTIN SILVER MINING CO. WAS CONCENTRATED HERE AND SOME ORE WAS MILLED. THE MINE IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT CONTAINS ENOUGH GOLD TO BE OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST. THE RICHEST AVAILABLE ASSAY SHOWED 2.48 OUNCES OF GOLD AND 365 OUNCES OF SILVER TO THE TON.
Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE GREATER THAN $100,000. RECORDS INDICATE A PRODUCTION, MAINLY IN 1911, OF 2,300 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING .3 OUNCE GOLD AND 29 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, AND 497 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 1.12 OUNCES GOLD AND 112 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON. PRODUCTION THROUGH 1937 IS ROUGHLY $100,000, ACCORDING TO ROSS. ACCORDING TO SCHMIDT, PRODUCTION WAS $82,000.
Comment (Deposit): THE LODES CONSIST OF A ZONE OF SHEARING, BRECCIATION, AND ALTERATION WITH LENSES OF VEIN QUARTZ AT INTERVALS BETWEEN THEM.
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT ALONG RANGE BOUNDARY
Comment (Workings): THE MINE HAS TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS; THE JACKPOT SHAFT WAS SUNK TO A LITTLE BELOW THE 400-FT LEVEL IN 1911. THE BUFFALO SHAFT EXTENDS ONLY TO THE 200-FT LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NSGS BULL. 997.
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, F.S.(UNPUB) AUSTIN CUSTOM MILL REPORT: NBMG FILES
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.
