The Viola Claims is a zinc, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.23639, -114.31250
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Viola Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Viola Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1732
Secondary: 1733
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Strontium
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Viola District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Erostonal Window Exposing Limestone, Surrounded By Tertiary Volcanics.
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Bleaching, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1732 AND 1733 CONTAIN 1-2% FE, 15-20% CA, 1000 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 2000-300 PPM AS, GREATER THAN,5000 PPM BA, 300- GREATER THAN 500 PPM CD, 1000 PPM CU, 50-70 PPM MO, GREATER THAN 200000 PPM PB, 5000-1000 PPM SB, 5000-2000 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CALCITE AND IRON OXIDES. GOSSANY AND POROUS CALCITE/BARITE/SILICA VEIN MATERIAL ON THE DUMP CONTAINS VERY FINELY CRYSTALINE GALENA AND FLUORITE(?) AND ALSO POSSIBLY SOME TETRAMEDRITE. AZURITE AND MAL
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS (SOME INCLINED) AND MINOR PROSPECTS ALONG SMALL RIDGE
Comment (Geology): SOME VOLCANIC ROCK WAS FOUND IN FLOAT BELOW SAMPLE SITE 1732. NO INTRUSIVE ROCK WAS OBSERVED. THE LIMESTONES ARE EXPOSED IN AN EROSIONAL WINDOW SURROUNDED BY AN EXTRUSIVE PILE OF TERTIARY VOLCANICS, THE DOMINANT ROCK TYPE OF THE SOUTHERN CLOVER MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Deposit): CONTAINING SOME EUHE DRAL BARITE CRYSTALS, GREEN AND YELLOW OXIDES (PB? AS? SB?), COATINGS AND PODS OF MANGANESE AND MINOR CU OXIDES. SOME MINOR GALENA (VERY FINE-GRAINED) AND OTHER UNOXIDIZED FINE-GRAINED METALLICS ALSO NOTED. THE VEIN-ROCK IS GENERALLY BRECCIATED. SAMPLE SITE 1733 IS A SHAFT INCLINED TO THE WEST ALONG BEDDING PLANE IN BLEACHED, TAN, SILTY CARBONATE ROCKS. THE LIMESTONE IS LOCALLY RECRYSTALLIZED, SILICIFIED AND IRON-STAINED. AN OXIDIZED REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT WHICH CONFORMS WITH THE BEDDING OF THE HOST ROCK IS EXPOSED IN THE SHAFT. THE REPLACED ZONE AND BEDDING STRIKE N20E, DIP 40 NW. THE REPLACED HORIZON IS 1-2 FT WIDE AT ITS NORTHERN EXPOSURE IN SHAFT AND PINCHES OUT TO SEVERAL LENSES A COUPLE OF INCHES WIDE TOWARD THE SOUTH. THE ZONE APPEARS TO COINCIDE WITH A MORE SANDY, POROUS HORIZON IN THE LIMESTONE UNIT. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY HEAVY IRON-STAINING AND IN ITS CENTRAL PORTION CONTAINS COARSE BLADED CRYSTALS OF BARITE CEMENTED BY A POROUS GOSSANY MIXTURE OF SILICA
Comment (Development): EVIDENCE OF RECENT SAMPLING OF DUMP
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/21/83.
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.
