The Jackson Prospect is a mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.32722, -118.46083
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Jackson Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jackson Prospect
Secondary: Iron King Prospect
Secondary: Ben Jackson Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Jackson Mountains District; Jackson Creek 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
Owner Name: Ben Jackson And Associates, Battle Mountain
Years: 1955 -
Owner Name: John M. Heizer And Associates Of Lovelock, Nv, Lessees In 1954.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS & PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deer Creek Thrust
Type: L
Description: Fractures And Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Hydrothermal Alteration
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 15% EXPOSED BODY IS 58% IRON REMAINDER 17% IRON
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS & PODS OF MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES WIDE TO SEVERAL FEET IN DIAMETER. ONE ORE OUTCROP MEASURES 150 FT. BY 70 FT.
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE WEST OF NORTH FORK OF JACKSON CREEK
Comment (Development): 24 CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE OCCUR AS STRINGERS AND PODS ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN HOLS ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59
Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, F.R., REEVES, R.G., KRAL, V.E., 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PT. C: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 53.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1963, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE JACKSON MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1141-D.
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.
