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Valley View and Foothill Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Zirconium, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Alteration
  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 10040483
MRDS ID M055287
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View and Foothill Claim
Alternate or previous names Trail Canyon Area Prospects
Related records 10198522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22149, 39.02798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position ONE MILE NORTH OF THE OLD PARK CANYON MILL SITE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 042E 26,35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNKNOWN, LOCATION TO MILLET (SITE).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

Analytical data

Result 1951-THE STRINGER CONTAIN 15% PB, 26% ZN, SMALL SILVER. 1980-SAMPLE FROM DUMP-20,000 PPM PB, 3,000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM AG, 0.02 PPM AU, 5,000 PPM MN, 30 PPM CO, 30 PPM NI, 300 PPM ZR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22149, 39.02798
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Mine Is Close To The Inferred Traced Of A Range-Front Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N70E
    Dip 70NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein Is In Sheared Zone Near Contact-Metamorphic Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE CONTAINS CLOTS OF GARNET AND OTHER SILICATES ALONG BEDDING NEAR DIKE. SILICATED LIMESTONE ON DUMP LACED WITH QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. B. Parks
    First year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Linsea
    Home office Reno, Nv.
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT. 2 ADITS AND PROSPECT CUTS IN 1981

Comments on development

  • LAST MINED ABOUT 1950'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., FIELD EXAMINATION, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO THIN STRINGERS OF REPLACEMENT ORE ON BEDDING FRACTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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