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Johnnie Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver, Barium-Barite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037361
MRDS ID M032057
Record type Site
Current site name Johnnie Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1737, Some of Viola Claims
Related records 10295040

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36111, 37.22776 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position NW OF TULE DESERT 8-11 MILES E OF MEADOW VALLEY WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Nose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
08S 68E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU ORE MINERAL NOT GIVEN IN LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1737 CONTAINS 10 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.36111, 37.22776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50WTO E-WTO E-W
    Dip 55 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike ?, Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • 12 FOOT QUARTZ VEIN FORMS PROMINENT RIDGE ON VOLCANIC ROCKS, VEIN BARREN. SW OF SHAFT (BY ROAD) THERE ARE LOW OUTCROPS AND FLOAT OF LIMEY SEDIMENTS.. SW OF SHAFT (BY ROAD) THERE ARE LOW OUTCROPS AND FLOAT OF LIMEY SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer Claims Located By P. Klipfel, 1776 Lincoln St #810, Denver, Co 80203, Located 11/14/81

Mining district

District name Viola District District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY EXCEPT STAKING IN 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, CM & PAMPEYAN, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/12/83.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-1041

  • Deposit

    GRAPEVINE SPRING G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRAGMENTS ALSO. EXPOSED WIDTH OF OUTCROP IS PROBABLY OVER 10 FT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1981 (PRESENT CLAIMS)
Deposit 20 FT N OF SHAFT IS A PROMINENT RESISTANT RIB OF FINELY CRYSTALLINE PINKISH-WHITE QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ-CEMENTED VOLCANIC BRECCIA. THE OUTCROP UNDERLIES THE E-W RIDGELINE, STRIKING N70W, DIPPING 55 SW. BELOW THE CREST OF THE RESISTANT OUTCROP, THE VEIN CARRIES BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OF ALTERED RHYOLITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND POSSIBLY ALSO SEDIMENTARY CONGLUMERATE. FRAGMENTS SEEM TO INCREASE WITH DEPTH (I.E. TOWARD LOWER CONTACT WITH VOLCANICS. IRON OXIDES ARE DEPOSITED ALONG BRECCIATED CRACKS, CREVICES AND VUGS IN THE VEIN MATERIAL. DRUSY QUARTZ LINES VUGS AND GHOSTS AFTER PYRITE ARE COMMON. SOME OF THE OUTCROP CONTAINS QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS, SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN APLITIC DIKE. VERY MINUTE SPECKS OF SULFIDES OR FE-MN OXIDES OCCUR IN MATRIX OF VEIN MATERIAL. SOME UNUSUAL BRIGHT RED OXIDES MAY BE AFTER HG MINERALS, OR POSSIBLY JUST HYDRATED FE. SOME CHALCEDONIC BANDING AND FINE BRECCIA ZONES CUT ACROSS OUTCROP. VERY FINE-GRAINED PYRITE (OXIDIZED) OCCURS IN THE PINK RHYOLITE BRECCIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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