The Viken Claim is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.01, -117.22111
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Viken Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Viken Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River 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: Carl And Gene Reinecke
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: NARROW SEAMS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIN VUGGY QUARTZ VEINS ALONG SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, SOME TRENCHES. WORKINGS DONE ABOUT 1950'S. THE DEPOSIT IS DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 35 FT BY STOPES ALONG 60 FT OF THE VEIN. 1981 FIELD EXAMINATION REPORTED CONNECTING OPEN STOPES, 2 ADITS, ROCK BUILDINGS AND OLD HOISTING MACHINERY.
Comment (Geology): FRESH-APPEARING CLOTS AND CUBES OF PYRITE IN VEIN WITH MINOR COPPER OXIDE STAINING.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 187
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 (Deposit): TINGLEY,J.V., FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/18/81
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.
