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Grand View Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044435
MRDS ID M231853
Record type Site
Current site name Grand View Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2376, 39.10659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 1.9 MILES W-SW OF TOIYABE RANGE PEAK

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)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • FOUR CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Limonite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Much Of The Ore Is Highly Oxidized. Some Argillic Wallrock Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2376, 39.10659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - E , N75E TO N75W (FAULT ZONE).
    Dip 90
    Length 182.88M
    Width 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Gouge And Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1947

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clyde And Earl Merkt And Louis Mc Gruder Of Fallon
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO DRIFT-ADITS, A 105 FT INCLINE SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESERVES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 208-209.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J.,1981,FIELD EXAMINATION 10 AUG 1981.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 209.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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