Gold King Group

The Gold King Group is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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

Name: Gold King Group

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.94333, -115.55750

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Gold King Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold King Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Bald Mtn. (Joy Or Ruby Mtn)


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Munter, Mayer, And Ziege
Years: 1916 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TELLURIDE MINERALS FOUND BY QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL TESTS BY HILL


Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SHALLOW DEVELOPMENTS.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ IN THE VEINS IS RATHER BARREN, EXCEPT FOR A FEW SMALL BUNCHES OF ORE MINERALS

Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 21 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.