The High Jacks is a tungsten mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.75278, -119.45972
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High Jacks MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Jacks
Secondary: High Jinks
Secondary: Imperial Claims?
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Red Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. B. Love Stedt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): DMEA UNPUBL.
Comment (Workings): 72 FT. INCLINE AT THE IMPERIAL CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): VEINS AT THE IMPERIAL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES TO 2 FT. IN WIDTH - DRUSE QTZ.
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION MAY COINCIDE WITH LOCATION OF TRIANGLE U CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): TUNGSTEN RESERVES OF NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.
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.
