Jerry Claims

The Jerry Claims is a copper and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,199 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Jerry Claims
Secondary: Robertson, Mdm Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 098, 099

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Patterson; Patterson Pass; Cave Valley Districts

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Hodges,
Home Office: Cedar City, Utah
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Structure

Type: L
Description: N50w Fault Vertical Dip

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 25 % ZN, 2.5 % CU . NBMG SAMPLE 098 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20 % FE, 2 % MG, 15% CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 1500 PPM BA, 200 PPM BE, 200 PPM CD, 10 PPM CO, 1000 PPM CU, 70 PPM PB, 30 PPM SN, 500 PPM W, 15 PPM Y, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN, 15 PPM ZR. NBMG SAMPLE 099 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20 % FE, 0.5 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 1500 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 10000 PPM AS, 30 PPM BO, 700 PPM BA, 7 PPM, BE, 50 PPM BI, 100 PPM CD, 50 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM CU, 100 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 70 PPM SN, 50 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN, 20 PPM ZR.A M70 N50W (FAULT)

Materials

Ore: Copper
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Location): WEST FLANK OF MT. PATTERSON ON SCHELL CREEK RANGE NORTH OF PATTERSON PASS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES . UTM IS FOR SOUTHERNMOST WORKINGS, SAMPLE SITE 098.

Comment (Development): 50-FT. TUNNEL AND SEVERAL SHALLOW WORKS ON SITE BY 1916. TUNNEL EXTENDED TO 455 FT. IN 1957.

Comment (Geology): THE REPLACEMENT HORIZONS TREND TO THE NORTHEAST AND HAVE BEEN WORKED ON THE SWARTZ CLAIM AREA. THE N50W FAULT CUTS THE ZONE TO THE SOUTH. CONTACT OF SHALE & QUARTZITE DIPS 15E

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT BODIES IN LIMESTONE IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE PIOCHE SHALE. QUARTZ-GARNET SKARN CONTAINS SULFIDES, LIMONITE AND MNO FILMS. AT THE N END OF THE PROSPECTED AREA, TRENCHES IN UPPER MINERALIZED HORIZONS EXPOSE MASSIVE GOSSAN WITH CU OXIDE STAIN AND SMALL PODS OF FLUORITE. AN OLD SHAFT IN THIS AREA MAY BE THE ONE MENTIONED BY HILL (1916). THE REPLACEMENT HORIZONS EXTEND TO THE NE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED ON THE AD CLAIMS OR SCWARTZ AREA. THE ORE ZONES WITHIN THE REPLACEMENT HORIZONS APPEAR TO BE IN AN AREA OF PERSISTENT N30-50E FRACTURING AND ARE ADJACENT TO THE MAJOR NNW-TRENDING FAULTS WHICH OFFSET THE SECTION IN THIS PART OF THE RANGE

Comment (Workings): 455 FT. ADIT (PARTIALLY CAVED). SEVERAL CUTS, TRENCHES, AND OLD PROSPECTS

Comment (Deposit): FRAGMENTS OF DENSE, FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ-GARNET SKARN AND HIGHLY ALTERED INTRUSIVE ROCK ARE LOCATED ON TAILINGS DUMPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): FIELD CHECK BY J.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, 1981

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA: USGS BULLETIN 648, 214P.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 73, 187P.

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.