The Jeep Group is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Jeep Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jeep Group
Secondary: Clifford Gold-Silver Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Golden Arrow District (Blakes Camp)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone, Crushing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AG AND AU VALUES ARE SAID TO BE ABOUT EQUAL
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): CLAIMS ABANDONED SHORTLY AFTER 1920 AND RELOCATED IN LATE 1946. PROPERTY WAS ACTIVE IN THE EARLY 1950'S.
Comment (Deposit): CLIFFORD VEIN IS IN A 3-4-FT-WIDE CRUSHED FAULT ZONE. THE ORE OCCURS IN QUARTZ STRINGERS EXTENDING 12-18 INCHES INTO THE SILICIFIED FOOTWALL. TWO PARALLEL VEINS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED WITHIN 300 FT OF THE MAIN VEIN AND A CROSS VEIN IS ABOUT 600 FT WEST OF THE 1947 WORKINGS.
Comment (Workings): EARLY WORKINGS (ABOUT 1920) INCLUDE SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES AND CUTS PLUS A 60-FT SHAFT. LATER WORKINGS (1947) CONSISTED OF 3 INCLINED SHAFTS 10-15 FT DEEP, ONE POSSIBLY 100 FT. DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77, P. 37.
Reference (Production): KRAL, V.E., 1951, P. 72
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): NORBERG, J.R., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE NELLIS BOMBING AND GUNNERY RANGE, CLARK, LINCOLN, AND NYE COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W.T., 1947, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION REPORT: CLIFFORD GOLD-SILVER PROSPECT, NYE COUNTY, NV. WFOC MINER. PROPERTY FILE NO. 30.43 (NEVADA); 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.
