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Valley View

Past Producer in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043778
MRDS ID M231059
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.67239, 39.1099 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST SLOPE, MCTARNAHAN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McTarnahan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 021E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Scheelite Ore
Jarosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.67239, 39.1099
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delaware

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Period 1944,1977
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.5 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCORDING TO BAILEY & PHOENIX, THIS PROPERTY WAS FIRST LOCATED IN THE 1870'S FOR LEAD & SILVER. THE AREA WAS EXPLORED FOR SILVER, LEAD, & TUNGSTEN IN 1942. AT THIS TIME, THE CINNABAR WAS DISCOVERED, OCCURING WITH JAROSITE IN A 3-FOOT WIDE, NORTHWEST-TRENDING, NEAR VERTICAL FRACTURE ZONE. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN TACTITE FORMED NEAR THE CONTACT OF A GRANITIC ROCK WITH LIMEY SHALE, SLATE, AND HORNFELS. DURING 1944, A 34-TON SHIPMENT OF 0.6% WO3 WAS MADE (MOORE, P 31) TO THE METALS RESERVE DEPOT IN SALT LAKE CITY (OVERTON, P 43)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN RESOURCES, LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NEV NBMG BULL 75, 1969

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, TD, MIN RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, EH, PHOENIX, DA, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 41, 1944

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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