The Valley View is a tungsten mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.
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
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Valley View MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1977
Time Period: 1944,1977
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.5 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
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ACCORDING TO BAILEY & PHOENIX, THIS PROPERTY WAS FIRST LOCATED IN THE 1870'S FOR LEAD & SILVER. THE AREA WAS EXPLORED FOR SILVER, LEAD, & TUNGSTEN IN 1942. AT THIS TIME, THE CINNABAR WAS DISCOVERED, OCCURING WITH JAROSITE IN A 3-FOOT WIDE, NORTHWEST-TRENDING, NEAR VERTICAL FRACTURE ZONE. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN TACTITE FORMED NEAR THE CONTACT OF A GRANITIC ROCK WITH LIMEY SHALE, SLATE, AND HORNFELS. DURING 1944, A 34-TON SHIPMENT OF 0.6% WO3 WAS MADE (MOORE, P 31) TO THE METALS RESERVE DEPOT IN SALT LAKE CITY (OVERTON, P 43)
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, JG, GEOL & MIN RESOURCES, LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NEV NBMG BULL 75, 1969
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, TD, MIN RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NBMG BULL 46, 1947
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, EH, PHOENIX, DA, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 41, 1944
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.
