Demijohn Mine

The Demijohn Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 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

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Site Name

Primary: Demijohn Mine
Secondary: Pioche Demijohn

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 22% PB AND 60 OZ. AG/TON. A SELECTED SAMPLE ASSAYED 52% PB, 80 OZ/T AG, 0.12 OZ/T AU (1918)

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): 300 FT SHAFT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND WINZES TO THE 500 FT LEVEL (1918)

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): LARGEST PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1907. 9 CLAIMS, 7 PATENTED. IN 1918, COMPANY PLANNED DIAMOND DRILLING FROM THE 500 FT LEVEL TO TEST THE ORE ZONE ALONG YUBA DIKE, AT GREATER DEPTH. PROPERTY CLOSED DOWN IN 1922 HIGH-GRADE URF FOUND ON 125-FT LEVEL IN 1909, BUT ONLY IN SMALL QUANTITY. HAD 10 MEN WORKING ON DEVELOPMENT IN 1915, DURING WHICH TIME SOME ORE WAS EXTRACTED.

Comment (Deposit): ORE "IS MAKING INTO" LIMESTONE FROM THE HANGING WALL OF A FISSURE 40 FT WIDE, AND VARIES FROM 1-2 FT THICK. WEED STATES THAT MAIN VEIN TRAVERSING PROPERTY HAS A N-5 STRIKE, DIPS E. MINERALIZATION IS NOT PERSISTENT.

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, C.M. & PAMDEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 132.

Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. AND MINING JOUR., P. 545-548.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII, P. 1124; VOL. XV, 1922, P. 1183.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA S L ENG. & MIN. JOUR., CLIPPING, OCT, 1909, 1915

Reference (Production): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1920, P. 132; WEED, W.H., 1922, P. 1183.

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.