The Jules Verne Claim is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Jules Verne Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jules Verne Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CARLOAD OF CU-ORE SHIPPED TO SWANSEA, WALES IN 1887 (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102). REFER TO SCHRADER'S CLAIM MAPS (1912, 1935) FOR LOCATION OF THIS CLAIM. MINERAL SURVEY 2003 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Location): SW OF THE LONDON CLAIM
Comment (Production): A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SWANSEA WALES IN 1887. LESS THAN $5000
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM; A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SWANSEA, WALES IN 1887
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL 847-A.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., 1912, P 123.
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.
