Silver King Prospect

The Silver King Prospect is a lead mine located in Alaska.

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: 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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