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Mountain View Tungsten Prospect

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047283
MRDS ID M242560
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Tungsten Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2408, Nash Claims Nearby, Monroe Claim?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.50796, 40.84405 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Sawmill Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
034N 022E 08 CENTER OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.8 MILE SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN VIEW MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2408 FROM DUMP AT MOUTH OF ADIT CONTAINS 20% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.1% TI, 150 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 100 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 700 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 150 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 10 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.50796, 40.84405
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10-20 E
    Dip 90
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFIDE CONTENT OF THE TACTITE ZONE IS ABOUT 2%.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deep Hole District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Chapel And D Stultz
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ADIT TRENDS N 60 E MAY BE 100+ FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY STAKED APRIL 1981 BY CHAPEL AND STULTZ. NASH CLAIMS OF GIANELLA D MOUNTAIN VIEW TUNGSTEN PROSPECT OF BONHAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 7-8-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVILY FE-STAINED HORNFELS AND QUARTZ LYING ON DUMP. WORKINGS EXPLORE A 60-FT WIDE ZONE OF INTERLAYERED SCHISTOSE METAVOLCANICS, MARBLE, TACTITE (FORMS ABOUT 70% OF THE ROCK EXPOSED IN OPEN CUTS) AND SILICATED LIMESTONE. SUGARY QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING SCHEELITE, CUT TACTITE. THE OPEN CUTS ARE LOCATED WITHIN 50 FT OF AN INTRUSIVE CONTACT BETWEEN METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND GRANODIORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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