Valley View and Foothill Claim

The Valley View and Foothill Claim is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,719 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Valley View and Foothill Claim
Secondary: Trail Canyon Area Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Cobalt

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Fred Linsea
Home Office: Reno, Nv.
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: E. B. Parks
Years: 1964 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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: Toiyabe Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: STRINGERS

Structure

Type: L
Description: The Mine Is Close To The Inferred Traced Of A Range-Front Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1951-THE STRINGER CONTAIN 15% PB, 26% ZN, SMALL SILVER. 1980-SAMPLE FROM DUMP-20,000 PPM PB, 3,000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM AG, 0.02 PPM AU, 5,000 PPM MN, 30 PPM CO, 30 PPM NI, 300 PPM ZR

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): LAST MINED ABOUT 1950'S.

Comment (Deposit): ALSO THIN STRINGERS OF REPLACEMENT ORE ON BEDDING FRACTURES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT. 2 ADITS AND PROSPECT CUTS IN 1981

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE CONTAINS CLOTS OF GARNET AND OTHER SILICATES ALONG BEDDING NEAR DIKE. SILICATED LIMESTONE ON DUMP LACED WITH QUARTZ

Comment (Location): LOCATION UNKNOWN, LOCATION TO MILLET (SITE).

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 188.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., FIELD EXAMINATION, 1981

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.