Solo Joker Claim

The Solo Joker Claim is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: Solo Joker Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Atlanta District; Silver Park District; Silver Springs 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: WEDGE

Form: WEDGE

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Barite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED; ON N SIDE OF GULLEY ON A SMALL HILL ABOUT 0.75 MILE W OF HULSE MINE. ON A SMALL HILL ABOUT 0.75 MILE W OF HULSE MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972

Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A FEW PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Geology): ORE BODY IS IN A SILICRIFIED BRECCIA OF RHYOLITE TUFF, LIMESTONE AND JASPER, 10-15 FEET THICK

Comment (Deposit): THE SMALL HILL HOSTING THE PROSPECT CONSISTS OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG AND WIDE. A N10E VERTICAL FAULT ZONE EXTENDS S FOR 200 FT FROM THE MAIN SILICIFIED ZONE. THE FAULT ZONE IS SILICIFIED OVER A WIDTH OF 20 FT. EAST OF THE FAULT, DOLOMITE OUTCROPS FOR ABOUT 100 FT BEFORE IT IS COVERED BY VOLCANIC MATERIAL. DOLOMITE IS CUT BY MANY CALCITE AND QUARTZ STRINGERS. WEST OF THE FAULT ZONE IS VOLCANIC FLOAT. THE SILICIFIED BRECCIA CONTAINS LIMONITE AND BARITE CRYSTALS IN OPEN SPACES.

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1916, USGS BULL 648.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 164.

Reference (Deposit): COX, JOHN W., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA, RENO, M. S. THESIS.

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.