Joana Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037274
MRDS ID M031237
Record type Site
Current site name Joana Mine
Related records 10296326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.9292, 39.84215 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Egan Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
23N 62E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.9292, 39.84215

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pluton Of Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IN THE LIMONITE OR QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE; INCLUDED WITH THE ENTIRE DISTRICT PRODUCTION RECORD IN HOSE, ET. AL., 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.