Ben Jackson Prospect

The Ben Jackson Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,594 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ben Jackson Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City 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

Year: 1944
Material type: ORE W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^2% Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): ADJOINS RED HAWK MINE ON THE SOUTH. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EUGENE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE HEAD OF POLE CANYON.

Comment (Development): THE MAJOR DAVIS WAS LATER INCLUDED IN THE DANNER MINES PROPERTY AND PRODUCTION WAS INCLUDED WITH OTHER ORE PRODUCE-D BY DANNER MINES. SOME ADDITIONAL WORK WAS DONE DURING THE PE-RIOD 1960-1970.

Comment (Deposit): A 12-INCH BED OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE INTERSTRATIFIED IN HORNFELS

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1943 BY BEN JACKSON OF WINNEMUCCA. WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO OPEN CUTS AND A 15-FT. ADIT, EXPLORES A 12 INCH BED OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE INTERSTRATIFIED IN HORNFELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): ABOUT 1 TON SORTED ORE CONTAINING 2 % W03 WAS MINED FROM THE ADIT IN 1944.

References

Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN, PAUL C., 1944, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREP., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION.

Reference (Production): STAGER, H. K. (IN PREP)

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.