The Mountain Lion Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mountain Lion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Lion Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1446
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highland District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Paul Gemmill And Brothers
Years: 1964 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1931
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PODS, LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1446 CONTAINS 15 % FE, 500 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 100 PPM BI, 2000 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20 000 PPM, 1000 PPM SB, 500 PPM SN, 500 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 3000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT CROSSES THRUST AND ENTERS PIOCHE SHALE AT 310 FEET. SOME ORE MINED ON 200 FOOT LEVEL 3 OR MORE SHAFTS PRESENT,(TWO WITH HEADFRAMES) AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. SEVERAL OLD WOOD BUILDINGS AT SITE. WORKINGS LINE UP ALONG N75W STRUCTURE.3 OR MORE SHAFTS PRESENT,(TWO WITH HEADFRAMES) AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. SEVERAL OLD WOOD BUILDINGS AT SITE. WORKINGS LINE UP ALONG N75W STRUCTURE.
Comment (Geology): ORE IN OVERTHRUST PLATE OF MENDHA OR HIGHLAND PEAK (BURROWS MEMBER UNIT B) FORMATIONS.
Comment (Commodity): NO ORE MINERALS GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Production): ONE CAR OF ORE SHIPPED, 1930; SMALLER AMOUNTS IN 1928, 1929.
Comment (Development): RECENT EXPLORATION DRILLING NEARBY TO SOUTH. MINESITE RECENTLY STAKED, DUMP SAMPLED RECENTLY (1983 REPORT).
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED QUARTZ AND JASPER BRECCIA. HIGHLY FE-STAINED, BRECCIATED AND RESILICIFIED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON THE DUMP CARRIES OXIDIZED AND UNOXIDIZED PYRITE. DARK SULFIDE LENSES, PODS OF QUARTZ ARE COATED BY FE-MN OXIDES WHICH ARE ABUNDANT IN THE DENSE JASPEROID AND QUARTZ VEIN SAMPLES. GOSSANY ZONES ARE PRESENT THROUGOUT VEIN MATERIAL AND LATE SILICA- FE VEINLETS AND LENSES CUT THROUGH THE ROCK. THE BRECCIA IS RECEMENTED BY SILICA AND FE OXIDES, INDICATING VEIN MATERIAL WAS EMPLACED ALONG FISSURE/SHEAR ZONE. SOME YELLOW AND GREEN OXIDES (AS?, PB?, CL? ) COAT ROCK. SAMPLE IS QUITE DENSE. DOLOMITE BRECCIA IS RECEMENTED BY REDDISH-GRAY JASPEROID.
References
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P.,1983,FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 27, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NV; U. OF NEW MEXICO M.S. THESIS, P. 78-79.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, C M AND PAMPEYAN, EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 166, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929.
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.
