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Juniper Mine

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046981
MRDS ID M242216
Record type Site
Current site name Juniper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77888, 35.21446 (WGS84)
Elevation 1049
Relative position X 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEARCHLIGHT, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031S 065E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST FLANK OF NEWBERRY MOUNTAINS, 3 MILES NORTH OF HWY 77 AND 4.5 MILES EAST OF HWY 95 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77888, 35.21446
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHOSED (TO ANGEN GNEISS & MYLONITIC DERIVATIVES) RAPAHIVI GRANITE INTRUDED BY DIABASE DIKE AND PEGMATITE DIKE, DIKE VARIES 1-5 FT THICK AND IS PARALLELED BY A DISTRICT SET OF FRACTURES. SURROUNDING HILLS ARE INTERSECTED WITH SET OF PROMINENT L EUCOCRATIC DIKES. AREA HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BY VOLBOETH TO BE A GRAVITY SLIDE BLOCK FROM SPIRIT MNT. INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newberry

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INCLINED & VERTICLE SHAFTS, WITH SURFACE CUTS AND TRENCHES. WORKING FOLLOW E-W TREND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYEN, B., AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1905, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 62, 218 P.

  • Deposit

    VOLBORTH, A., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE GRANITE COMPLEX OF THE ELDORADO, NEWBERRY, AND NORTHERN DEAD MOUNTAINS, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 80, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, DEC. 1, 1982. SMITH, P. L.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN AND STRINGERS CUT PREC GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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