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Juanita Group

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Arsenic, Antimony, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047494
MRDS ID M242853
Record type Site
Current site name Juanita Group
Alternate or previous names Pearl Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.81601, 41.52237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New York Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 042N 028E 31,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW SIDE OF BAXTER (PEARL) CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0 TO 0.4 % SB
Result 0.24 0Z AU. SAMPLE 2961 OF MINOR SULFIDE IN GOUGE AND METASEDIMENTS, CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 1 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 70 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 60 PPM V, AND 0.45 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.81601, 41.52237
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • OWNED BY MRS. JOSIE PEARL IN 1942. DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF ADITS, SHAFTS, AND OTHER UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Varyville (Columbia) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pearl, Mrs. Josie
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • 64 TONS SB METAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1984, SEVERAL ADITS, ONE SHAFT, AND 8-10 PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. OWNED BY MRS. JOSIE PEARL IN 1942. DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF ADITS, SHAFTS, AND OTHER UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LITTLE MINERALIZATION SEEN ON DUMPS OR IN OPEN WORKINGS. MOST OF THE MINING ACTIVITY WAS IN OLDER SEDIMENTS, ALONG SHEARS IN BADLY FOLDED AND FAULTED SLATES AND PHYLLITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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