Summit View

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046145
MRDS ID M234122
Record type Site
Current site name Summit View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55396, 40.2877 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF HARRISON PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrison Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028W 057E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W SLOPE OF RUBY MTS-CORREL CREEK AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Lepidolite Gangue

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55396, 40.2877

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact-Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEPIDOLITE IN A PEGMATITE DIKE IN THE STOCK NEAR HEAD OF CORRAL CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Corral Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 2.5 % PB; 1.1 % ZN; 0.15 % CW AND 3.0 OZ/T. AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SUMMIT VIEW MINE IS NEAR A SOUTH BRANCH OF CORRAL CREEK. IN 1948-1952, 108 TONS OF LEAD-ZINC ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE. THE MINE WORKINGS ARE IN THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR THE INTRUSIVE CONTACT. ORE GRADE ON ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 2.5% LEAD, 1.1% ZINC, 0.15% COPPER, AND 3.0 OZ SILVER PER TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley I. C. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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