The Jackpot is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Jackpot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jackpot
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura
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: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): BLEWITT BROS. D/D 800 FT. OF DEVELOPMENT WORK. AMALGAMATION EXTRACTION WAS TOO LOW ON 60 TONS ORE; ORE SAID TO BE RICH ENOUGH FOR CYANIDE RECOVERY METHODS.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT VEIN: FISSURES, SHEAR ZONES.
Comment (Workings): 4 TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): ORE IS MAINLY FE-STAINED, DECOMPOSED SILICIFIED LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1906 BY THE BLEWITT BROS. THEY DID 800 FEET OF DEVELOPEMENT WORK. AMALGAMATION EXTRACTION WAS TOO 20W ON 60 TONS OF ORE. SAID TO BE RICH ENOUGH FOR CYANIDE RECORY METHODS THE LODE IS DEVELOPED BY 4 TUNNELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA CO. NEV., USGS BULL. 408.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)
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.
