Lakeview Mine

The Lakeview Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lakeview Mine
Secondary: Humboldt Canyon Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2509.

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Imlay District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: United Strategic Metals Co. Lakeview Tungsten Corp.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1932
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W veins

Orebody

Form: POCKETS, STRINGERS

Form: POCKETS, STRINGERS

Form: POCKETS, STRINGERS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE IS TWO SACKS OF SELECT DUMP MATERIAL, CONTAINING 5 AND 2 % FE
Analytical Data: RESPECTIVELY.
Analytical Data: AND 10 AND 20 PPM V
Analytical Data: 150 AND 150 PPM SR
Analytical Data: 100 AND 70 PPM SN
Analytical Data: 5 AND <5 PPM SC
Analytical Data: 200 AND 70 PPM PB
Analytical Data: 5 AND 5 PPM NI
Analytical Data: 10 AND 5 PPM CU
Analytical Data: 200 AND 15 PPM CR
Analytical Data: 1000+ AND 1000+ PPM BE
Analytical Data: 500 AND 500 PPM BA
Analytical Data: 2000 AND 2000+ PPM B
Analytical Data: 3 AND 1 PPM AG
Analytical Data: 1000 AND 700 PPM MN
Analytical Data: 0.02 AND 0.03 % TI
Analytical Data: 20 AND ? % CA
Analytical Data: 10 AND 3 % MG

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE COMMONLY ONLY A FEW INCHES THICK AND CONSIST MAINLY OF QUARTZ WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF FLUORITE, MUSCOVITE, TOURMALINE, COLORLESS BERYL AND PYRITE. THE SCHEELITE-BERYL DEPOSIT IS IN LIMESTONE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH RHYOLITE. THE BERYL CRYSTALS ARE A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO 2 INCHES LONG. MINERALIZATION IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF OREANA MINE (BONHAM). JOHNSON AND BENSON REPORT, " SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE IN WEST FACE OF PIT APPEARS AS AN INVERTED TRIANGLE, WHICH ON SURFACE WAS 10 FEET WIDE."

Comment (Workings): PIT, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, AND A FEW PARTIALLY CAVED IN OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES. THE VEIN'S UNDERGROUND EXTENSION HAS BEEN SOUGHT IN 450 FEET OF CROSSCUTS

Comment (Geology): OVERLAIN BY CALCAREOUS SHALE, ALTERED LIMESTONE IS A FINE-GRAINED, AGGREGATE OF SERICITE, QUARTZ, FLUORITE, CHLORITE, AND SCHEELITE. ALTERATION APPEARS TO FOLLOW JOINTS IN THE LIMESTONE AND ALONG THE NARROW PEGMATITE STRINGERS. SCHEELITE AND BERYL OCCURS IN SMALL PEGMATITIC POCKETS AND STRINGERS IN VEINS A FEW INCHES THICK THAT ALSO CONTAIN FLUORITE AND COLORLESS BERYL.

Comment (Location): NORTHEAST SIDE OF HUMBOLDT CANYON NEAR NORTH END OF HUMBOLDT RANGE. UTM IS FROM SAMPLE SITE. ACCESS IS VIA REASONABLY GOOD (1984) JEEP ROAD FROM HUMBOLDT CANYON.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = IMLAY 1:62500

Comment (Production): THE ORE MINED WAS 5 TO 1.5 % WO3 AND 0.1 TO 0.2 % BEO.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M060320, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

References

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C. AND HINRICHS, E.N. 1960, BERYL-BEARING PEGMATITES IN RUBY MTNS AND OTHER AREAS IN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA; USGS BULL. 1082-D

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M. AND TWETO, D. L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U. S.: USGS MINERAL RESOURCES MAP MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 163-164.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1984, LAKEVIEW MINE-FIELD INVESTIGATION AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS, PERSHING COUNTY, IMLAY DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.

Reference (Production): STAGER AND TINGLEY

Reference (Analytical Data): BONHAM (1984)

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 61.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.C. AND BENSON, W.T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA: USBM OPEN FILE REPORT 85-3.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.