Mountain View Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044708
MRDS ID M232278
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.26119, 39.6127 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartine Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 051E 08,17 Nevada

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPHALERITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, & PYRITE AS TRACE OCCURRENCES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hydrozincite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Zincite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Devil'S Gate Limestone And Dolomite
    Rock description Devil'S Gate Limestone And Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.26119, 39.6127

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lone Mtn. Is A Window In The Roberts Mtn Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intersecting Nw-Striking And Ne-Striking Faults. Dolomite Is Highly Brecciated & Cut By Calcite Veins.

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND, TO IRREGULAR MASSES, PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Permeable Zones At Fault Intersections

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OREBODIES RANGE FROM SMALL PODS TO MASSES CONTAINING SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS. THE ORE STRIKES NW AND DIPS NE. THE HOST DOLOMITE HAS BEEN HIGHLY BRECCIATED & CUT BY CALCITE VEINS. ORE WAS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF TWO SETS OF FAULTS (ROBERTS). LONE MTN. APPEARS TO BE A WINDOW IN THE ROBERTS MTN THRUST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vaccaro, Mr. And Mrs. C.
    Home office Eureka, Nevada
    First year 1964

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DIRFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO.NEV, NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 104, REFERENCE NO. 3201100153

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL, (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE WAS OWNED BY MR & MRS. C. VACCARO OF EUREKA, NEV IN 1964. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND DRIFTS., WITH THREE OREBODIES THAT WERE MINED. THE FIRST CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1920 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit FAULT INTERSECTIONS AND REPLACEMENT OF FAVORABLE HOST ROCKS. 3 OREBODIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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