Jersey Mine

The Jersey Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,692 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: Jersey Mine
Secondary: Victor Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2832

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Arabia District

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Post-Mineral Fault

Alterations

Not available

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: Bindheimite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL MCLINED SHAFTS, TRENCHES, PITS, AN ADIT, AND SHORT DRIFTS. THE UPPER LEVELS ARE IN GRANODIRITE BUT IN DEPTH THE VEIN ENTERS THE HORNFELS WITH RESULTS UNFAVORABLE TO THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THE ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): 40 OZ. AG/TON.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS, TRENCHES, PITS, ADITS, AND SHORT DIRIFTS.DUMPS IN 1984 ARE LARGE AND SEVERAL STOPES ARE OPEN TO THE SURFACE.

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE VIA POOR DIRT ROAD 5 MI W OF CANAL ROAD.

Comment (Development): DISTRICT PRODUCED SPORADICALLY FROM 1860'S TO 1951

Comment (Deposit): THE VEID IS 6 TO 24 INCHES WIDE AND IS SIMILAR TO THE VEINS AT THE ELECTRIC MINE. SAMPLE 2832 WAS TAKEN OF HIGHLY BRECCIATED AND OXIDIZED VEIN MATERIAL FROM OPEN STOPES AND PROSPECTS. MUCH OF TH-E ORE IS STAINED WITH A YELLOW OXIDE THOUGHT TO BE BINDHEIMITE

Comment (Geology): VEIN IS 6 TO 24 INCHES WIDE AND IS SIMILAR TO THE VEINS AT EHT ELECTRIC MINE.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1918, ANTIMONIAL SILVER-LEAD VEINS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL 660

Reference (Deposit): DECKER, D.J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: M.S. THESIS UNR.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/8/84.

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.