The Mountain View Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mountain View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain View Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 3784
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mountain View District
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1904
Discovery Method: 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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized Country Rock
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sulfur
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL STAMP MILL OPERATING AT MOUNTAIN VIEW IN 1908.THE OLD MILL APPEARS TO HAVE TREATED SOME OF THE ORE FROM THIS AS WELL AS THE BIG TWENTY MINE. THE GOOD MINES LOCATED TO THE EAST ARE NOW WITHIN THE INDIAN RESERVATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 3 SHORT DRIFTS AND A SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GOLD OCCURS IN SMALL IRREGULAR POCKETS THE MINERALIZATION WAS REPORTED TO BE MAINLY ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF THE DIKE. THE VEIN FILLING IS SOFT LIGHT PUMICE-LIKE QUARTZ CONTAINING LITTLE SULPHUR LIKELY FROM OXIDIZED PYRITE. THE DUMPS ARE COVERED WITH BOTH PYRITE AND SULPHUR.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCTION $4500 REPORTED IN 1909,MAY BE THE PRODUCTION OF THE BIG TWENTY MINE.
Comment (Deposit): A SINGLE ALMOST VERTICAL VEIN, 1-2 FEET THICK, FOLLOWS A NARROW DECOMPOSED DIORITE DIKE. PART OF THE SAME VEIN SYSTEM AS THE BIT TWENTY MINE. THE MINERALIZATION IS MAINLY ON SOUTH SIDE OF DIKE, AND MUCH OF THE VEIN FILLING IS A SOFT, LIGHT PUMICE-LIKE QUARTZ CONTAINING A LITTLE NATIVE SULFUR. THIS MATERIAL PROBABLY RESULTED FROM THE OXIDATION OF A PYRITIC VEIN.
Comment (Location): N END OF WASSUK RANGE, WEST OF SUMMIT
Comment (Production): $4,500 (1909) MAY ALSO INCLUDE BIG TWENTY MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1909, "THE YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, NEVADA"; USGS BULL. 380, P. 118
Reference (Production): ROSS, D. O., 1961, TABLE 6.3
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNTAIN VIEW MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 6-12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA & NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
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.
