Desert View Prospect

The Desert View Prospect is a copper, silver, and molybdenum mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,558 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Desert View Prospect
Secondary: Snow Creek
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2964
Secondary: Solar #2

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Leonard Creek 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Lester Horn, (Owned Solar Claim)
Home Office: P.O. Box 672, Canyonville, Or.
Years: 1972 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Mo, low-F

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SURFACE SAMPLES = 0.02 TO 0.16 % MO AND 0.02 TO 0.13 % CU.SAMPLE 2964 OF SULFIDE BEARING QUARTZ CONTAINS 1.5% FE,0.002% TI,15PPM AG,15PPM B,100PPM BA,200PPM BI,15000PPM C U,1500PPM MO,5PPM NI,50PPM PB.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): PROPERTY INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. 4 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN IN 1974 IN A STUDY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA, WHICH INCLUDES THIS AREA OF PROSPECTS.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ OUTCROPS THROUGH ALLUVIUM ABOUT 200 YDS. BELOW THE CONTACT OF SEDIMENTS AND THE GRANODIORITE. ORE WAS COBBED BY HAND. QUARTZ CONTAINS CLOTS AND ROSETTES OF MOLYDENUM AS WELL AS PYRITE,CHALCOPYRITE,CU OXIDES. REB BENNET DESCRIBES A SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE 2-4 FT WIDE EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 180 FT WITH VERY FINE GRAINED SULFIDE (PYRITE) DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE VEIN. ALSO, JUST EAST OF THIS, 2 SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS EXPLORE FE OXIDE STAINED QUARTZ VEINS LESS THAN 6 INCHES WIDE;OLD BULLDOZER CUTS EXPOSING INTRUSIVE CONTACT. ALSO AT DESERT VIEW, QUARTZ IN GRANODIORITE. VEIN IS ABOUT 2 FT WIDE AND IS TRACEABLE FOR 100FT. IRON-STAINING AND MOLYBDENUM CRYSTALS IN THE QUARTZ.

Comment (Workings): A HAND-DUG PROSPECT PIT

Comment (Geology): LOW-GRADE VEINS

Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT WORK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; BUR MINES BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 29 SEPT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, REB E., 1974, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 144, ITEM 2, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLT CO., NV.

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.