The Valley View Mine is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.15111, -117.26028
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Valley View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View Mine
Secondary: Saunders Property & Toby Claim
Secondary: Mountain View
Secondary: Harold's Club
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Spitzer, R. B.
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1943-1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.5% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Getchell Fault
Type: L
Description: Faults Trending Ssw, Dipping Steeply East Cut And May Offset Tactite Bodies.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Nontronite From Alteration Of Tactite In Shear Zone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.3% TO 0.7% WO3
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GRANODIORITE STOCK ALONG THE NEARLY-CONCORDANT, EAST-DIPPING CONTACT BETWEEN GRANO-DIORITE AND LIMESTONE. THE EAST WALL OF THE TACTITE LAYER EXPO-SED IN THE NORTH ADIT, IS GOUGE AND SHEARED ROCK OF THE LARGE -GETCHELL FAULT ZONE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE RANGE. THE TACT-ITE IS TIGHTLY SEALED AGAINST THE GRANODIORITE, AND THE TWO RO-CK TYPES SERVE LOCALLY AS A FOOTWALL FOR THE WIDE FAULT ZONE. -ELSEWHERE THE FAULT MAY CUT THROUGH PROJECTIONS OF TACTITE AND- GRANODIORITE, AND IT PROBABLY CUTS ACROSS GENTLY DIPPING PORT-IONS OF THE CONTACT ZONE AT DEPTH, THUS LIMITING THE DOWNWARD -EXTENT OF PART OF THE ORE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, NUMEROUS PITS,TRENCHES AND CUTS AS WELL AS UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): MAIN OREBODY N. OF BUNCHCREEK IS 2-7 FT. WIDE FOR 300 FT. WHERE IT EXPANDS INTO A BODY 200 FT. BY 50 TO 100 FT. OF MIXED HORNFELS AND TACTITE. THIS BODY OF TACTITE FORMED IN A POCKET WHERE THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT CHANGED ORIENTATION ABRUPTLY FROM CONCORDANT WITH TO DISCORDANT ACROSS THE SEDIMENTS.
Comment (Deposit): AREA WAS ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR SILVER AND COPPER. MINED FROM 1943-1944 AND 1951-1955 IN SURFACE OPERATIONS. NORTH OF THE MINE A FEW HUNDRED FEET IS A THIN (3-10 FT WIDE) DISCONTINUOUS TACTITE BODY WHICH OUTCROPS FOR 200-250 FT., CONTAINING 0.3 TO 0.4% WO3. IN 1945, WORKINGS CNSISTED OF A 255-FT. ADIT, A 315-FT. ADIT AS WELL AS MANY PITS, TRENCHES AND SHORT ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR SILVER AND COPPER (EARLY 1900'). OWNED BY A MR. SAUNDERS OF WINNEMUCCA, THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO HAROLD'S CLUB MINING CO OF RENO IN 1943 AND 19-44, AND TO MR. DON BERGNER IN 1945. ABOUT 1530 TONS ORE AVERAG-ING 0.95 % WO3 WERE SHIPPED TO THE METALS RESERVE CO FOR STOCK-PILING IN 1943-1944. THE PROPERTY, OWNED BY THE VALLEY VIEW MI-NING CO. AND BY R. B. SPITZER WAS AGAIN ACTIVE 1951-1956 DURIN-G WHICH TIME 72000 TONS ORE (0.55 % WO3) WERE MINED AND SHIPPE-D TO GETCHELL MILL.
Comment (Location): BOTH SIDES BUNCH CREEK; SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SEC 20
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 136, ITEM 22, 1963, USBM DATA.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, JOHN, 1979, NBMG OFR 79-3, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): HOTZ, P.E. & WILLDEN, R., 1964; STAGER, IN PREPARATION.
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 40, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SERIES NO. 44.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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.
