The Jackrabbit Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Jackrabbit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jackrabbit Mine
Secondary: Andy N Sayre Mine
Secondary: Jackpot Mine ?
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Walter Cox (Lessee In
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1949
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Considerable Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF SULFIDE ORE: 0.4% CU, 9.8% PB, 8.3% ZN, 3 OZ. AG
Materials
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Geology): SULFIDE ORE OCCURS BENEATH A STRONG GOSSAN OUTCROP IN AN AREA OF CONSIDERABLE FAULTING.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1949 THE MINE WAS UNDER LEASE TO WALTER COX. A 300-FOOT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN WITH A SOUTHERLY COURSE. THERE WAS SOME SMALL UNRECORDED PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): NW FLANK OF PINE GROVE HILLS
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION OF SULFIDE ORE.
Comment (Workings): 300-FT TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY & LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49
Reference (Production): MOORE, 1969
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.
