USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Jackrabbit Tunnel
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground 2 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Bristol-Jackrabbit District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Day, Onandaga, Black Metals, Jackrabbit
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Visited & sampled by USBM,1976, rough sketch maps made. Record prob-grade matrix data from comb.metals red.co report
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Tunnel
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 3 adit symbols
- Adit : Bristol Range SE , 1953
- Adit : Bristol Range SE , 1953
- Shaft : Bristol Range SE , 1953
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Tunnel
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Deposit: Visited & sampled by USBM,1976, rough sketch maps made. Record prob-grade matrix data from comb.metals red.co report Histori…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Kerr-Mc Gee Corp. · Historical operator · 1976
- Bristol Silver Mines Co., Pioche,Nev. · Source-reported owner · 1976
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Silica
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
View all 12 reported minerals
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Silica
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Psilomelane
- Pyrolusite
- Quartz
- Wad
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (2)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 430905
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (12)
- underground workings
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