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Johnson

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Antimony, Copper, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  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 10103581
MRDS ID M031308
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson
Alternate or previous names Usbm Sample Localities #38-41
Related records 10174236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.30084, 38.94245 (WGS84)
Elevation 3414
Relative position E SLOPE OF SNAKE RANGE, S OF LEHMAN CAVES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Basin National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 12N;013N 68E;068E 35,36;01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE JOHNSON LAKE AT THE HEAD OF SNAKE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINS SUBHEDRAL AND EUHEDRAL MASSES OF YELLOW-BROWN SCHEELITE IN MILKY QUARTZ.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scheelite Gangue
Topaz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS,IN 1981 SHOWED 0.01-0.04% W, 0.08%SB, 0.01-0.23% PB, 12.8 OZ/T AG (THE LATTER FROM ORE STOCKPILE SAMPLE)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW TO NE
    Dip 60-90 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer Timberline Johnson, A Prospector And Miner
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Snake (Bonita)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1918 THE UVADA TUNGSTEN CO. OPERATED THE PILOT KNOB GROUP OF CLAIMS AND A 20-STAMP MILL ON SNAKE CREEK. THIS GROUP MAY HAVE CONSTITUTED THE JOHNSON MINE. BEFORE 1943 THE JOHNSON MINE WAS WORKED SPORADICALLY FOR MANY YEARS. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS WITH OVER 1400 FT OF DRIFTS; ONE PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ADIT IN 1981 AND OTHERS INACCESSIBLE; 20-STAMP MILL, GRAVITY CONCENTRATOR, TRAMWAY FROM CLIFF.

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS MILLED IN A GRAVITY CONCENTRATION PLANT IN THE CANYON ABOUT A MILE BELOW JOHNSON LAKE PRIOR TO 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL. ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.

  • Production

    STAGER, IN PREPARATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUTTING THE GRANITE ARE THIN PEGMATITIC VEINS 1-4 IN WIDE CONTAINING GLASSY QUARTZ, MICA, FELDSPAR SCHEELITE, BERYL, TOPAZ, PYRITE. IN PLACES VEINS ARE BRECCIATED, AND HAVE IRON AND COPPER STAIN, AS WELL AS HUEBNERITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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