The Valley Group is a silver and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,080 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.73194, -117.23944
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Valley Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jett District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Niceley, T. J.
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: J. R. Mitchell Of Round Mountain And W. J. Lee Of Mina
Production
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1948
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Contained 11.1% Pb, 0.3% Cu, 1.3% Zn, 4.1% As, 14.7 Oz Ag, 0.08 Oz Au Per Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized Ore
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT LONG ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 83-84
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 83
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.