Jmp Claims

The Jmp Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,725 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Jmp Claims
Secondary: Quartzite
Secondary: Black Butte Mines
Secondary: Diamond-Black Butte Cons. Mines

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District; Diamondfield Subdistrict

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: White Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au

Orebody

Form: FLAT, LENTICULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Gouge Zone Terminates Ore Zones; A Few Faults Of Small Displacement Cut The Ore.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization, Silicification, Alunitization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Famatinite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Alunite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1904-1905

Comment (Workings): QUARTZITE SHAFT-200 FT DEEP WITH 4 LEVELS 50 FT APART. BLACK BUTTE SHAFT IS 150 FT DEEP WITH 3 LEVELS, EACH ABOUT 10 FT BELOW THE QUARTZITE'S LEVELS. A 545-FT TUNNEL CONNECTS THE TWO SHAFTS, AND THERE IS A CHAIN OF HORIZONTAL STOPES ON A FLAT VEIN

Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF BLACK BUTTE. PART OF CLAIM BLCK LIES IN NYE COUNTY.. UTM IS TO ONE OF SEVERAL SHAFTS ON THE PROPERTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Comment (Development): THE MINES WERE CONSOLIDATED IN 1905. PRIOR TO THAT, A CONSIDERABLE BODY OF ORE HAD BEEN STOPED BY LESSEES.

Comment (Deposit): FLAT VEINS CONTAIN ERRATIC BUNCHES OF ORE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUTTE. ON THE NORTH SIDE WAS AN IRREGULAR LENTICULAR MASS

References

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P. P. 66, P. 246-247.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 19, P. 65-66.

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, JUNE 8, 1907, P. 721

Reference (Deposit): BLM PATENT CLAIM RECORDS, FEB., 1982

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H. ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1184.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 JUL 82.

Reference (Production): MIN. & SCI. PRESS, 1907, P. 721

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.