Johnnie Mine

The Johnnie Mine is a gold, barium-barite, mercury, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 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: Johnnie Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1737
Secondary: Some of Viola Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Viola District 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1981
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1737 CONTAINS 10 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1981 (PRESENT CLAIMS)

Comment (Deposit): 20 FT N OF SHAFT IS A PROMINENT RESISTANT RIB OF FINELY CRYSTALLINE PINKISH-WHITE QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ-CEMENTED VOLCANIC BRECCIA. THE OUTCROP UNDERLIES THE E-W RIDGELINE, STRIKING N70W, DIPPING 55 SW. BELOW THE CREST OF THE RESISTANT OUTCROP, THE VEIN CARRIES BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OF ALTERED RHYOLITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND POSSIBLY ALSO SEDIMENTARY CONGLUMERATE. FRAGMENTS SEEM TO INCREASE WITH DEPTH (I.E. TOWARD LOWER CONTACT WITH VOLCANICS. IRON OXIDES ARE DEPOSITED ALONG BRECCIATED CRACKS, CREVICES AND VUGS IN THE VEIN MATERIAL. DRUSY QUARTZ LINES VUGS AND GHOSTS AFTER PYRITE ARE COMMON. SOME OF THE OUTCROP CONTAINS QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS, SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN APLITIC DIKE. VERY MINUTE SPECKS OF SULFIDES OR FE-MN OXIDES OCCUR IN MATRIX OF VEIN MATERIAL. SOME UNUSUAL BRIGHT RED OXIDES MAY BE AFTER HG MINERALS, OR POSSIBLY JUST HYDRATED FE. SOME CHALCEDONIC BANDING AND FINE BRECCIA ZONES CUT ACROSS OUTCROP. VERY FINE-GRAINED PYRITE (OXIDIZED) OCCURS IN THE PINK RHYOLITE BRECCIA

Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Commodity): AU ORE MINERAL NOT GIVEN IN LITERATURE

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY EXCEPT STAKING IN 1983.

Comment (Deposit): FRAGMENTS ALSO. EXPOSED WIDTH OF OUTCROP IS PROBABLY OVER 10 FT.

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT

Comment (Geology): 12 FOOT QUARTZ VEIN FORMS PROMINENT RIDGE ON VOLCANIC ROCKS, VEIN BARREN. SW OF SHAFT (BY ROAD) THERE ARE LOW OUTCROPS AND FLOAT OF LIMEY SEDIMENTS.. SW OF SHAFT (BY ROAD) THERE ARE LOW OUTCROPS AND FLOAT OF LIMEY SEDIMENTS.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/12/83.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-1041

Reference (Deposit): GRAPEVINE SPRING G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.

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.