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Mountain Lion Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037362
MRDS ID M032054
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Lion Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1446
Related records 10149216

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6089, 37.93968 (WGS84)
Relative position W SIDE OF HIGHLAND RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 66E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ORE MINERALS GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jasper Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1446 CONTAINS 15 % FE, 500 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 100 PPM BI, 2000 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20 000 PPM, 1000 PPM SB, 500 PPM SN, 500 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 3000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale;Burrows Member Of The Highland Peak Formation; Mendha Limestone
    Rock description Pioche Shale;Burrows Member Of The Highland Peak Formation; Mendha Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6089, 37.93968
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES
    Strike N75W TO N60-70E
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N75w Vein/Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN OVERTHRUST PLATE OF MENDHA OR HIGHLAND PEAK (BURROWS MEMBER UNIT B) FORMATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer John Valente (Locater)

Mining district

District name Highland District District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Gemmill And Brothers
    First year 1964

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CAR OF ORE SHIPPED, 1930; SMALLER AMOUNTS IN 1928, 1929.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 112.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT CROSSES THRUST AND ENTERS PIOCHE SHALE AT 310 FEET. SOME ORE MINED ON 200 FOOT LEVEL 3 OR MORE SHAFTS PRESENT,(TWO WITH HEADFRAMES) AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. SEVERAL OLD WOOD BUILDINGS AT SITE. WORKINGS LINE UP ALONG N75W STRUCTURE.3 OR MORE SHAFTS PRESENT,(TWO WITH HEADFRAMES) AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. SEVERAL OLD WOOD BUILDINGS AT SITE. WORKINGS LINE UP ALONG N75W STRUCTURE.

Comments on development

  • RECENT EXPLORATION DRILLING NEARBY TO SOUTH. MINESITE RECENTLY STAKED, DUMP SAMPLED RECENTLY (1983 REPORT).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, C M AND PAMPEYAN, EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 166, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929.

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P.,1983,FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 27, 1983.

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NV; U. OF NEW MEXICO M.S. THESIS, P. 78-79.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED QUARTZ AND JASPER BRECCIA. HIGHLY FE-STAINED, BRECCIATED AND RESILICIFIED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON THE DUMP CARRIES OXIDIZED AND UNOXIDIZED PYRITE. DARK SULFIDE LENSES, PODS OF QUARTZ ARE COATED BY FE-MN OXIDES WHICH ARE ABUNDANT IN THE DENSE JASPEROID AND QUARTZ VEIN SAMPLES. GOSSANY ZONES ARE PRESENT THROUGOUT VEIN MATERIAL AND LATE SILICA- FE VEINLETS AND LENSES CUT THROUGH THE ROCK. THE BRECCIA IS RECEMENTED BY SILICA AND FE OXIDES, INDICATING VEIN MATERIAL WAS EMPLACED ALONG FISSURE/SHEAR ZONE. SOME YELLOW AND GREEN OXIDES (AS?, PB?, CL? ) COAT ROCK. SAMPLE IS QUITE DENSE. DOLOMITE BRECCIA IS RECEMENTED BY REDDISH-GRAY JASPEROID.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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