The Johnson is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 11,201 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: 11,201 Feet (3,414 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.9425, -114.30000
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Johnson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnson
Secondary: Usbm Sample Localities #38-41
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Snake (Bonita)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS,IN 1981 SHOWED 0.01-0.04% W, 0.08%SB, 0.01-0.23% PB, 12.8 OZ/T AG (THE LATTER FROM ORE STOCKPILE SAMPLE)
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Beryl
Gangue: Topaz
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE CONTAINS SUBHEDRAL AND EUHEDRAL MASSES OF YELLOW-BROWN SCHEELITE IN MILKY QUARTZ.
Comment (Production): IN 1918 THE UVADA TUNGSTEN CO. OPERATED THE PILOT KNOB GROUP OF CLAIMS AND A 20-STAMP MILL ON SNAKE CREEK. THIS GROUP MAY HAVE CONSTITUTED THE JOHNSON MINE. BEFORE 1943 THE JOHNSON MINE WAS WORKED SPORADICALLY FOR MANY YEARS. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE
Comment (Development): ORE WAS MILLED IN A GRAVITY CONCENTRATION PLANT IN THE CANYON ABOUT A MILE BELOW JOHNSON LAKE PRIOR TO 1943.
Comment (Deposit): CUTTING THE GRANITE ARE THIN PEGMATITIC VEINS 1-4 IN WIDE CONTAINING GLASSY QUARTZ, MICA, FELDSPAR SCHEELITE, BERYL, TOPAZ, PYRITE. IN PLACES VEINS ARE BRECCIATED, AND HAVE IRON AND COPPER STAIN, AS WELL AS HUEBNERITE.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS WITH OVER 1400 FT OF DRIFTS; ONE PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ADIT IN 1981 AND OTHERS INACCESSIBLE; 20-STAMP MILL, GRAVITY CONCENTRATOR, TRAMWAY FROM CLIFF.
Comment (Location): ABOVE JOHNSON LAKE AT THE HEAD OF SNAKE CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH, 1976, GEO. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO. BULLETIN 85
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL. ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.
Reference (Production): STAGER, IN PREPARATION
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.
