Jeakins Mine

The Jeakins Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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

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Site Name

Primary: Jeakins Mine
Secondary: Thrabert Mine
Secondary: Thrasher, Stormy Day Claims 1985, Windy Day, Windy Hill, Jeakins
Secondary: NBMG Smaple Site 2411.

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Hooker District (Also Empire & Gerlach Districts)

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Harold R. Playfurd (Held Stormy Day Claims In Area)
Home Office: 830 Peckham Lane, Reno, Nv
Years: 1984 -

Production

Year: 1968
Time Period: 1968
Year: 1968

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1968
Year Last Production: 1968
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TUNGSTEN CONTENT OF NBMG SAMPLE 2411 RANGES FROM 0.05 TO 0.5% WO3. NBMG SAMPLE 2411 WAS TAKEN ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE MAIN JEAKINS ADIT IN STORMY DAY DUMP, A DUMP SAMPLE OF TACTITE WITH VISIBLE MOLYBDENITE, IT CONTAINS: 3% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.15% TI, 200 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 100 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 200 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 30 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 50 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 700 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GERLACH ON WEST SIDE OF LUXOR PEAK IN SELENITE RANGE. UTM COORDINATES FROM NBMG BULL. 105. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): ORE WAS PROBABLY HAND SORTED.

Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY J. J. THRASHER DURING 1951, BUT THE ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION WAS BY C. B. JEAKINS IN 1968. STORMY DAY CLAIMS STRUNG OUT OVER 5 MILES ALONG THE MOUNTAIN FRONT IN 1984. ASSESSMENT NOTICE FOR 1983 POSTED.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN A NARROW TACTITE ZONE ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENTS AND GRANITE. THE CONTACT GENERALLY PARALLELS THE BEDDING WITH SOME TONGUES OF GRANDIORITE CUTTING ACROSS THE BEDS. NARROW BANDS OF TACTITE HAVE BEEN FORMED IN PLACES ALONG THE CONTACT. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS ERRATICALLY I N MOST OF THE TACTITE. K-SPAR VEINING ON A MINOR SCALE NOTED.

Comment (Workings): 2 CROSSCUT ADITS, ONE OF WHICH IS 216 FEET IN LENGTH AND IS DRIVEN SOUTHEASTERLY NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY; SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND PITS ALONG THE LIMESTONE-GRANITE CONTACT.

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION LOCATED ALONG A BELT OF CALCAREOUS AND ARGILLACEOUS METASEDIMENTS INTRUDED BY GRANITE.

Comment (Deposit): JEAKINS MINE IS GIVEN PREFERENCE BY TINGLEY AND STAGER (NBMG BULL. 105). SITE OVERLAPS EMPIRE & GERLACH DISTRICTS. THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M234142 AND M242623, WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED.

References

Reference (Production): STAGER & TINGLEY (1988)

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M. AND TWETO, O. L., 1962, TUNGSTEN: USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCES: USGS MAP MR-25.

Reference (Analytical Data): JONES (1984)

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.C. & BENSON, W.T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA: USBM OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. & TINGLEY, J. V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 161

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.

Reference (Deposit): CREWDSON, R. A., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PART OF THE SELENITE RANGE, PERSHING COUNTY, NV: M. S. THESIS, COLORADO SCHOOL 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.