Lakeview Mine

Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037182
MRDS ID M031060
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeview Mine
Related records 10197509

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.29359, 36.15833 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 4 MILES E OF LAKE MEAD, 2.5 MILES W OF BONELLI PK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garrett Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
020S 069E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.29359, 36.15833

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ALONG FAULT IN THE GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE ALSO SHIPPED IN 1956 . 1955 PRODUCTION FROM 8 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SKETCH MAP AVAILABLE OF MINE IN LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965 , P. 133 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 184

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.