The Johnnie Mine is a gold, barium-barite, mercury, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Barium-Barite, Mercury, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.22778, -114.36028
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Johnnie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnnie Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1737
Secondary: Some of Viola Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Viola District District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1981
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1737 CONTAINS 10 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1981 (PRESENT CLAIMS)
Comment (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
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): AU ORE MINERAL NOT GIVEN IN LITERATURE
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY EXCEPT STAKING IN 1983.
Comment (Deposit): FRAGMENTS ALSO. EXPOSED WIDTH OF OUTCROP IS PROBABLY OVER 10 FT.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT
Comment (Geology): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, CM & PAMPEYAN, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/12/83.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-1041
Reference (Deposit): GRAPEVINE SPRING G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
