Mountain Lion Mine

The Mountain Lion Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mountain Lion Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1446

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highland 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Paul Gemmill And Brothers
Years: 1964 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1931
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PODS, LENSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1446 CONTAINS 15% FE, 500 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 100 PPM BI, 2000 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 500 PPM SN, 500 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 3000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): THREE OR MORE SHAFTS (TWO WITH HEADFRAMES) AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. SEVERAL OLD WOOD BUILDINGS AT SITE. WORKING LINE UP ALONG N75W STRUCTURE. SOME ORE WAS TAKEN FROM 200 FT. LEVEL.

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

Comment (Development): RECENT EXPLORATORY DRILLING NEARBY TO SOUTH. MINESITE RECENTLY STALKED, DUMP SAMPLED IN RECENT PAST (1983 REPORT) SOME WORK DONE IN 1936. ORE SHIPPED IN 1925-1929

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED QUARTZ AND JASPER, BRECCIA. HIGHLY FE-STAINED, BRECCIATED AND RESILICIFIED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON THE DUMP CARRIES OXIDIZED AND UNOXIDIZED PYRITE. DARK SULFIDE LENSES, PODS OF CRYSTALLINE GALENA, AND MINOR CU OXIDES. THE QUARTZ IS MASSIVE WHITE TO "SULFIDE" GREY, SUGARY TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, MASSIVE. SMALL VUGS IN THE QUARTZ ARE COATED BY FE-MN OXIDES, WHICH ARE ABUNDANT IN THE DENSE JASPEROID AND QUARTZ VEIN SAMPLES. GOSSANY ZONES ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT VEIN MATERIAL AND SILICA-FE VEINLETS AND LENSES CUT THROUGH THE ROCK. THE BRECCIA IS RECEMENTED BY SILICA AND FE-OXIDES, INDICATING VEIN MATERIAL WAS EMPLACED ALONG FISSURE/SHEAR ZONE. SOME YELLOW AND GREEN OXIDES (AS?, PB?, CL?) COAT ROCK. SAMPLE IS QUITE DENSE. DOLOMITE BRECCIA RECEMENTED BY REDDISH-GRAY JASPEROID.

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 1929

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 151.

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 27, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): FITCH, D.C., 19648 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO M.S. THESIS, P. 78-79

Reference (Production): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 161, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1925-1929

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.