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Johnson Claims

Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc
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  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046520
MRDS ID M241692
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1465.
Related records 10174004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.6442, 37.60496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tempiute Mountain South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 056E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1465 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% CA, 2000 PPM MN, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 20 PPM BA, 200 PPM CD 1500 PPM CU, 15,000 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SB, 5000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.6442, 37.60496
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Shears

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation; Fracturing.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Tempiute District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. B. Johnson
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL LOCKED ADITS, SURFACE CUTS, HOUSING FOR ORE TRUCKS-OVERPRINTS OF SEVERAL EPISODES OF PRODUCTION OVER THE YEARS. DRILLHOLES

Comments on development

  • CURRENTLY ACTIVE-SEVERAL NEW TRUCKS AND NEW RAIL SYSTEM ON SITE- APPEARS TO BE IN EARLY STAGES OF PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (1983)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION OCT 14, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINELY DISSMINATED OXIDIZED PYRITE IN LIMESTONE/CALCITE BRECCIA, DRILLED ABOVE WORKINGS. SAMPLE TAKEN FROM ORE STOCK PILE AT MOUTH OF CANYON CONSISTS MAINLY OF GREY DOLOMITE WITH BARITE/CALCITE VEINS, BARITE PODS, MINOR EE-CU OXIDE STAINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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