Jumbo Mine.

The Jumbo Mine. is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,520 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jumbo Mine.

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Joe Francisco
Years: 1951 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): SOME PRODUCTION 1937-1940. ABOUT 1500 FT OF WORK DONE OFF A GLORY HOLE.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN SCHIST NEAR GRANITE CONTACT

Comment (Workings): ABOUT 1500 FT OF WORK DONE OFF A GLORY HOLE.

References

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.F., 1924, U.S.G.S. BULL 723.

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50.

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.