The Jay Bird Mine is a tungsten mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.99667, -119.22028
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Jay Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jay Bird Mine
Secondary: Garfield Force
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Nightingale District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyroxene
Comments
Comment (Workings): CONTACT ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR 1000 FEET ALONG STRIKE, MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT, STOPE 50' X 10 TO 25' WIDE. SCHEELITE CONTENT OF ORE GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.5% WO3
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70 1969
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W C, GUILD P W, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NIGHTINGALE DIST, PERSHING CO, NEV USGS BULL 936-B, 1942
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.
