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Mountain Lion Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10046468
MRDS ID M241634
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Lion Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1446

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60973, 37.93968 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085

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
Mount Diablo 001N 066E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

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

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 20000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 500 PPM SN, 500 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 3000 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60973, 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

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 (Locator)

Mining district

District name Highland District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Gemmill And Brothers
    First year 1964

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 112.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OR MORE SHAFTS (TWO WITH HEADFRAMES) AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. SEVERAL OLD WOOD BUILDINGS AT SITE. WORKING LINE UP ALONG N75W STRUCTURE. SOME ORE WAS TAKEN FROM 200 FT. LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • RECENT EXPLORATORY DRILLING NEARBY TO SOUTH. MINESITE RECENTLY STALKED, DUMP SAMPLED IN RECENT PAST (1983 REPORT) SOME WORK DONE IN 1936. ORE SHIPPED IN 1925-1929

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 151.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 19648 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO M.S. THESIS, P. 78-79

  • Production

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 161, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1925-1929

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 CRYSTALLINE GALENA, AND MINOR CU OXIDES. THE QUARTZ IS MASSIVE WHITE TO "SULFIDE" GREY, SUGARY TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, MASSIVE. SMALL VUGS IN THE QUARTZ ARE COATED BY FE-MN OXIDES, WHICH ARE ABUNDANT IN THE DENSE JASPEROID AND QUARTZ VEIN SAMPLES. GOSSANY ZONES ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT VEIN MATERIAL AND 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 RECEMENTED BY REDDISH-GRAY JASPEROID.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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