The Jackson & Surprise Claims is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Jackson & Surprise Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jackson & Surprise Claims
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe
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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN FAULT ZONE THAT HAS BEEN OPALIZED AND CONTAINS CINNABAR IN DISSEMINATED BUNCHES & VEINLETS, MOST ABUNDANT ALONG THE HANGING WALL.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SEVERAL FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER IN 1941 ORE AVERAGED 5-10 LB. HG/TON.
Comment (Development): PRODUCED SEVERAL FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER IN 1940
Comment (Geology): THE OPALITE ORE CONTAINS CINNABAR DISSEMINATED AS BUNCHES AND VEINLETS IN POROUS ASH, AND IS MOST ABUNDANT ALONG THE HANGING WALL OF A SMALL FAULT. THE ORE AVERAGED BETWEEN 5 & 10 LBS HG/PER TON.
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED SEVERAL FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER IN 1940 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 P.; 5 PERS COMM
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41
Reference (Production): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944)
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.
