The Juniper Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,442 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: 3,442 Feet (1,049 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.21444, -114.77806
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Juniper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Juniper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Newberry
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): METAMORPHOSED (TO ANGEN GNEISS & MYLONITIC DERIVATIVES) RAPAHIVI GRANITE INTRUDED BY DIABASE DIKE AND PEGMATITE DIKE, DIKE VARIES 1-5 FT THICK AND IS PARALLELED BY A DISTRICT SET OF FRACTURES. SURROUNDING HILLS ARE INTERSECTED WITH SET OF PROMINENT L EUCOCRATIC DIKES. AREA HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BY VOLBOETH TO BE A GRAVITY SLIDE BLOCK FROM SPIRIT MNT. INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Location): WEST FLANK OF NEWBERRY MOUNTAINS, 3 MILES NORTH OF HWY 77 AND 4.5 MILES EAST OF HWY 95 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN AND STRINGERS CUT PREC GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL INCLINED & VERTICLE SHAFTS, WITH SURFACE CUTS AND TRENCHES. WORKING FOLLOW E-W TREND.
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYEN, B., AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1905, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 62, 218 P.
Reference (Deposit): VOLBORTH, A., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE GRANITE COMPLEX OF THE ELDORADO, NEWBERRY, AND NORTHERN DEAD MOUNTAINS, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 80, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, DEC. 1, 1982. SMITH, P. L.
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.
