The Jim Dandy Claims is a iron mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 37.62806, -117.91806
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Jim Dandy Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jim Dandy Claims
Secondary: A.J.A. Iron Property
Secondary: A.J.A. Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Good Hope (White Wolf) District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): MAGNETOMETER SURVEY INDICATES MINOR IRON MINERALIZATION (1961)
Comment (Location): A SMALLER CLAIM BLOCK IS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SSW OF THIS ONE IN SECTIONS 14, 23, 24, OF T.045; R.36E. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF MAIN CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): DOZER STRIPPING, TRENCHING, PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON, E.L., 1961, REPORT FOR MINERAL CONCENTRATING CO. ON MAGNETO METER SURVEYS ON THE A.J.A. IRON PROPERTIES, ESMERALDA CO., NV; NBMG FILE 93, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): ESMERALDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT, 9-82.
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.
