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Valley View

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044674
MRDS ID M232236
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.66204, 40.17824 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 047E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intrusive Dikes & Sills Now Largely Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wenban Limestone
    Rock description Wenban Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.66204, 40.17824
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Lower Plate Of Roberts Mtn. Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Located Near Crescent Rangefront Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dikes Emplaced Along Older Fault System.

Comments on the geologic information

  • A QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 5 FEET THICK OCCURS ALONG A SOUTHEAST TRENDING ALTERED PORPHYRY DIKE THAT CUTS THE WEINBAN LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 31.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 58 INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 103 FEET WITH A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON THE 50 AND 100-FT. LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE AROUND 1908.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 8

  • Production

    GILLULY AND MASURSKY, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OF QUARTZ OCCURS ALONG AND ALTERED PORPHYRY DIKE.
Deposit ACTIVE AROUND 1908. AN INCLINED SHAFT AT 58 WAS SUNK 103 FEET ON A QUARTZ VEIN, WITH A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON THE 50 AND 100 FOOT LEVELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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