The Johnnie Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,039 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: 4,039 Feet (1,231 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.4625, -116.04833
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Johnnie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnnie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Johnnie District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Congress Mining Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Spring Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Gneiss-hosted kyanite Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF TEN PATENTED AND SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): PLACER MINING OCCURRED JUST BELOW THE JOHNNIE MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS WAS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1910-1913.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 900 FT 45 DEG INCLINED SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E. 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 8
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 87
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.
