The Jumbo Mine is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.5142, -117.06390
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Jumbo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jumbo Mine
Secondary: Jumbo Antimony Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED AS THE MY-T CLAIMS BY ROUND MTN GOLD CO. IN 1991. JOE FRANCISCO PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANTIMONY FROM THIS MINE IN 1940. JUMBO MINE LABEL SLIGHTLY MISPLACED ON U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPO. MAIN WORKING IS A GLORY HOLE THAT IS MARKED BY A MINE SYMBOL. INCLUDED IN WC CLAIM GROUP. SEE THAT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION. (0320231143).
References
Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1986, VOL. 81, NO. 2, P. 396 BY DR. SHAWE.
Reference (Deposit): 23 (LOCATION ONLY).
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, P. 15 AND
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 126.
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.
