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Mountain View Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. 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 10047285
MRDS ID M242563
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine
Alternate or previous names Lakeview?
Related records 10149935, 10310432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.50824, 40.85488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

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
Mount Diablo 034N 022E 05 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SQUAW VALLEY RANCH . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tennantite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 0.9 OZ/T AG AND 0.25 OZ/TON AU

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.50824, 40.85488
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shears

Ore body information

  • Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact Into Metamorphic Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer L.E. Donner And W.H. Swamc

Mining district

District name Deephole District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wittkopp, R. W.
    Home office P.O. Drawer 608, Sparks, Nv 89431
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 EAST-TRENDING, PARTIALLY OPEN ADITS, THE LOWER OF WHICH MAY BE OVER 1000 FT LONG. UPPER ADIT ABOUT 200 FT LONG. AT UPPER ADIT, THERE IS A SORT OF "SHAFT"-OPEN CUT AT SOUTH EDGE OF ADIT; 2 SHAFTS, DRIFTS, RAISES, WINZES

Comments on development

  • ANACONDA OPTIONED THE PROPERTY FROM DISCOVERERS IN 1938. THE BURM-BALL CO. OPTIONED THE PROPERTY AND DEVELOPED SOME GOLD ORE IN A WINZE SUNK FROM THE MAIN ADIT LEVEL (LOWER). PRODUCTION IN 1939-1941 WAS FOLLOWED BY INTERMITTENT UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REWORK THE MINE, THE MOST RECENT IN 1961-1962. PROPERTY WAS STAKED OR RESTAKED DEC. 1979. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.L., JR, 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 59.

  • Production

    BONHAM, H.F., 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH BLACK SCHISTOSE HORNFELS, ASSOCIATED WITH GRAND DIORITE. SHEETED VEIN ZONE. CALCITE CRYSTALS ON DUMP, ALSO CALCITE VEINING AND CU OXIDE IN INTRUSIVE ROCK ON DUMP

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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