The Grand View Prospect is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,500 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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.37556, -114.30917
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Grand View Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand View Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Mount Moriah Area
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Intrusives And Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UP TO 7% WO3 ASSAYED
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): EST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ONLY A FEW TONS OF ORE WERE FOUND
Comment (Deposit): COARSE-GRAINED SCHEELITE IN 3 FT OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE BORDERS A 6-INCH STREAK OF GALENA-BEARING QUARTZ AND CALCITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS COARSE CRYSTALS AND THIN VEINLETS.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 16 FT X 4 FT X 8 FT DEEP.
Comment (Geology): COARSE GRAINED SCHEELITE IN 3 FT OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE BORDER A 6 IN. STREAK OF GALENA-BEARING QUARTZ AND CALCITE
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL. 85
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.
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.
