The Valley View Mine is a tungsten and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 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
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.60833, -114.93333
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Valley View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Granite (Steptoe) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953-1954
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Est. To Avg. 1.0 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pluton Of Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS SPORADICALLY WITH GALENA IN BRECCIA FRAGMENTS AND IN THE CALCITE CEMENT
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO., NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL. 85
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)
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.
