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Lakeview Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047555
MRDS ID M242919
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeview Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Basin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.47406, 40.04072 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 022E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Bleaching Of Volcanics

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.47406, 40.04072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, N 25-30 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 90 TONS HAND-SORTED ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFT, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED 90 TONS HAND-SORTED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA.

  • Deposit

    SATKOSKI, J.J. AND BERG, A.W., 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PYRAMID LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION, USBM.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, PL. 1.

  • Production

    SATKOSKI AND BERG, 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS OF VEIN QUARTZ OCCUR IN A N 25-35 E FAULT ZONE IN SILICIFIED, BLEACHED VOLCANIC ROCKS, VEIN IS 5-6 FT WIDE AND OCCURS IN AN ALTERED ZONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG. ABUNDANT IRON OXIDES OCCUR WITHIN THE VEIN, WITH NO VISIBLE SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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