Mountain View Mine

The Mountain View Mine is a zinc mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,804 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

Name: Mountain View Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 6,804 Feet (2,074 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 39.5833, -116.25000

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Mountain View Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mountain View Mine
Secondary: Mountain View Extension


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Lone Mountain 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

Owner Name: M. I. A. Mines Co.
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1967


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1922
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Zincite
Unknown: Smithsonite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN PODS AND MASSES OF VARYING SIZES. AVERAGE OF THREE ORE BODIES HAS BEEN GIVE.

Comment (Geology): ORE MINED HAS BEEN MOSTLY SECONDARY OXIDIZED MINERALS. ORE ALSO CONTAINS HYDROZINCITE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINING CONTAINING PB, CU AND AG IS UN- KNOWN. ASSAY FIGURES ARE PB-4.6 PCT, CU-.06 PCT, AG-1.06 OZ./TON.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THERE ARE NO ESTIMATED RESERVES GIVEN. THE AVERAGE ASSAY IS ZN-23.6 PCT, PB-3.2 PCT.


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

Reference (Deposit): OF USGS AND NEVADA BU MINES, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 65, PP.

Reference (Deposit): 138-149.

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA, 1964, COLLABORATION

Reference (Deposit): EUREKA CO., NEV., 1967, NEV/ BU MINES BULL. 64, PP. 90-92


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.