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Johnnie Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10103972
MRDS ID M231959
Record type Site
Current site name Johnnie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.04919, 36.46248 (WGS84)
Elevation 1231
Relative position EAST OF MT. SCHADER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Schader(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 053E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSIST OF TEN PATENTED AND SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 282
USGS model code 37c
Deposit model name Gneiss-hosted kyanite Au

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.04919, 36.46248
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Johnnie District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Congress Mining Co.
    Home office San Francisco, Ca
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS WAS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1910-1913.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4827.9M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 900 FT 45 DEG INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E. 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 8

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER MINING OCCURRED JUST BELOW THE JOHNNIE MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.