Lakeview Mine

The Lakeview Mine is a silver, gold, lead, and zinc mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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

Name: Lakeview Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 40.04083, -119.47306

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Lakeview Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lakeview Mine
Secondary: Big Basin Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Bleaching Of Volcanics


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS OF VEIN QUARTZ OCCUR IN A N 25-35 E FAULT ZONE IN SILICIFIED, BLEACHED VOLCANIC ROCKS, VEIN IS 5-6 FT WIDE AND OCCURS IN AN ALTERED ZONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG. ABUNDANT IRON OXIDES OCCUR WITHIN THE VEIN, WITH NO VISIBLE SULFIDES.

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFT, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Production): PRODUCED 90 TONS HAND-SORTED ORE.

Comment (Development): PRODUCED 90 TONS HAND-SORTED ORE


References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA.

Reference (Deposit): SATKOSKI, J.J. AND BERG, A.W., 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PYRAMID LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION, USBM.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, PL. 1.

Reference (Production): SATKOSKI AND BERG, 1982.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.