USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Eureka County
Jackson Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Eureka
- Mining district
- Eureka District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone Deposit: Ore occurs As irregular replacements in zones of brecciated dolomite. 34,013 tons of ore was mined from 1873 to 1916. The property is located in the ruby hill area, the richest of the five mineralized blocks i…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 59 shaft symbols
- 21 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Anglesite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Dolostone
- Galena
- Malachite
View all 9 reported minerals
- Anglesite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Dolostone
- Galena
- Malachite
- Plumbojarosite
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 (59)
- mapped adit symbols (21)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60701
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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