The Grand View Group is a lead and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.10667, -117.23667
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Grand View Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand View Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Washington 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clyde And Earl Merkt And Louis Mc Gruder Of Fallon
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1947
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Much Of The Ore Is Highly Oxidized. Some Argillic Wallrock Alteration
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): FOUR CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO DRIFT-ADITS, A 105 FT INCLINE SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESERVES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 208-209.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J.,1981,FIELD EXAMINATION 10 AUG 1981.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 209.
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.
