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Mountain View Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295212
MAS/MILS ID 0320110153
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain View Extension

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.25091, 39.58322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2074

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartine Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 051 E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Zincite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.25091, 39.58322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 13M
    Width 6.4M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINED HAS BEEN MOSTLY SECONDARY OXIDIZED MINERALS. ORE ALSO CONTAINS HYDROZINCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner M. I. A. Mines Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINING CONTAINING PB, CU AND AG IS UN- KNOWN. ASSAY FIGURES ARE PB-4.6 PCT, CU-.06 PCT, AG-1.06 OZ./TON.
  • THERE ARE NO ESTIMATED RESERVES GIVEN. THE AVERAGE ASSAY IS ZN-23.6 PCT, PB-3.2 PCT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    EUREKA CO., NEV., 1967, NEV/ BU MINES BULL. 64, PP. 90-92

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA, 1964, COLLABORATION

  • Deposit

    OF USGS AND NEVADA BU MINES, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 65, PP.

  • Deposit

    138-149.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN PODS AND MASSES OF VARYING SIZES. AVERAGE OF THREE ORE BODIES HAS BEEN GIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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