The Johnson Claims is a silver, lead, copper, and barium-barite mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 37.605, -115.64333
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Johnson Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnson Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1465.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Tempiute 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: L. B. Johnson
Years: 1983 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Shears
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1465 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% CA, 2000 PPM MN, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 20 PPM BA, 200 PPM CD 1500 PPM CU, 15,000 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SB, 5000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LOCKED ADITS, SURFACE CUTS, HOUSING FOR ORE TRUCKS-OVERPRINTS OF SEVERAL EPISODES OF PRODUCTION OVER THE YEARS. DRILLHOLES
Comment (Development): CURRENTLY ACTIVE-SEVERAL NEW TRUCKS AND NEW RAIL SYSTEM ON SITE- APPEARS TO BE IN EARLY STAGES OF PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (1983)
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): FINELY DISSMINATED OXIDIZED PYRITE IN LIMESTONE/CALCITE BRECCIA, DRILLED ABOVE WORKINGS. SAMPLE TAKEN FROM ORE STOCK PILE AT MOUTH OF CANYON CONSISTS MAINLY OF GREY DOLOMITE WITH BARITE/CALCITE VEINS, BARITE PODS, MINOR EE-CU OXIDE STAINS
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION OCT 14, 1983
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.
