Mountain View Mine

The Mountain View Mine is a zinc mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mountain View Mine
Secondary: Lone Mountain Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: 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: Vaccaro, Mr. And Mrs. C.
Home Office: Eureka, Nevada
Years: 1964 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: STRATABOUND, TO IRREGULAR MASSES, PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Lone Mtn. Is A Window In The Roberts Mtn Thrust

Type: L
Description: Intersecting Nw-Striking And Ne-Striking Faults. Dolomite Is Highly Brecciated & Cut By Calcite Veins.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Zincite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SPHALERITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, & PYRITE AS TRACE OCCURRENCES.

Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS ORE.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DIRFTS

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS OWNED BY MR & MRS. C. VACCARO OF EUREKA, NEV IN 1964. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND DRIFTS., WITH THREE OREBODIES THAT WERE MINED. THE FIRST CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1920 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): FAULT INTERSECTIONS AND REPLACEMENT OF FAVORABLE HOST ROCKS. 3 OREBODIES

Comment (Geology): THE OREBODIES RANGE FROM SMALL PODS TO MASSES CONTAINING SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS. THE ORE STRIKES NW AND DIPS NE. THE HOST DOLOMITE HAS BEEN HIGHLY BRECCIATED & CUT BY CALCITE VEINS. ORE WAS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF TWO SETS OF FAULTS (ROBERTS). LONE MTN. APPEARS TO BE A WINDOW IN THE ROBERTS MTN THRUST.

References

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL, (1967)

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO.NEV, NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 104, REFERENCE NO. 3201100153

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.