Jackson & Surprise Claims

The Jackson & Surprise Claims is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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

Name: Jackson & Surprise Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 41.10972, -116.60861

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Jackson & Surprise Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Jackson & Surprise Claims


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe


Land Status

Not available


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
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN FAULT ZONE THAT HAS BEEN OPALIZED AND CONTAINS CINNABAR IN DISSEMINATED BUNCHES & VEINLETS, MOST ABUNDANT ALONG THE HANGING WALL.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED SEVERAL FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER IN 1941 ORE AVERAGED 5-10 LB. HG/TON.

Comment (Development): PRODUCED SEVERAL FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER IN 1940

Comment (Geology): THE OPALITE ORE CONTAINS CINNABAR DISSEMINATED AS BUNCHES AND VEINLETS IN POROUS ASH, AND IS MOST ABUNDANT ALONG THE HANGING WALL OF A SMALL FAULT. THE ORE AVERAGED BETWEEN 5 & 10 LBS HG/PER TON.

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED SEVERAL FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER IN 1940 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 P.; 5 PERS COMM


References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41

Reference (Production): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.