The Jackson Mine is a molybdenum mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 41.4517, -114.07640
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Jackson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jackson Mine
Secondary: Tecoma
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tecoma
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Peterson Drilling Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCORDING TO SOME REPORTS, THE TECOMA MINE IS IN THE LUCIN DISTRICT IN NW UTAH, ALTHOUGH PART OF THE MINE EXTENDS INTO NEVADA.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE ESTIMATED RESERVES COMES FROM GAGE, P. 227. THERE HAS PROBABLY BEEN SOME MINING SINCE 1941, DEFINITELY DURING 1965-1966.
References
Reference (Deposit): OPEN-FILE REPORT 1976-56.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 111, PP. 493.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV., 1976, USGS
Reference (Deposit): 1916, USGS BULL. 648, PP. 102-105.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1920,
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV.,
Reference (Deposit): NEV., 1923.
Reference (Deposit): LINCCLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
Reference (Deposit): POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, PP. 227.
Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941, BONNEVILLE
Reference (Geology): 1962A, NEV. BU MINES RPT. 2.
Reference (Geology): SCHILLING, J.H., AND INVENTORY OF MO OCCURRENCES IN NEV.,
Reference (Geology): 1916, USBU MINES BULL. 111, PP. 89.
Reference (Geology): HORTON, F.W., MOLYBDENUM; ITS ORES AND THEIR CONCENTRATIONS,
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.
