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Mountain View Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037404
MRDS ID M035042
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.93458, 38.97324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position NO. END WASSUK RANGE, 6 MI W - NW OF SCHURZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hussman Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 027E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF SUMMIT UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized Granodiorite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.93458, 38.97324
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occurs In A Fracture Along The South Side Of A Dark Dikelike Mass Of Granodiorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN FILLING IS QTZ. AND IRON OXIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1909

Mining district

District name Mountain View: Granite

Comments on the production information

  • GROSS YIELD = $4,500.00 PRODUCTION DATA CUMMULATIVE FOR ENTIRE MOUNTAIN VIEW / GRANITE DISTRICT . A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1909.

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN OPENED BY THREE SHORT DRIFTS AND A SHAFT NEAR THE BASE OF THE HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 58

  • Deposit

    HILL ( 1915 P 131 - 132 ) SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV. USGS BULL 594

  • Production

    ROSS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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