The Silver King Prospect is a lead mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Silver King Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRECIOUS METAL CONTENT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): 75 FT ADIT DRIVEN IN BARREN ROCK; POSSIBLY AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERCUT VEIN EXPOSED IN SURFACE TRENCH
Comment (Location): PB OCCURRENCE ON MICHIGAN CREEK IN USGS OFR 200 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT REPORTED IN 1921; 2 LODE CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): GALENA IN ONE OR MORE QUARTZ VEINS REPORTED TO CARRY SILVER AND GOLD VALUES
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK VARIOUSLY REPORTED AS LIMESTONE, PHYLLITE OR SLATE; USGS OFR 200 SHOWS BEDROCK AS UNIT OF GRAY MARBLE, BROWN-WEATHERING CALCAREOUS MICA-SCHIST AND BLACK QUARTZ-MICA-SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, IRVING MCK., 1938, UPPER KOYUKUK REGION, ALASKA: ALASKA TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF MINES UNPUB. REPORT, P. 139-140
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 51, P. 94
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 200
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 234
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-469-15
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