The Lead King Claims is a lead and gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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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
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.1975, -114.77778
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Lead King Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead King Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Duck Creek
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissure, And Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Production): NO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION DATA-INCLUDED IN DISTRICT RECORDS, LISTED IN THE SUCCESS MINE REPORT, SORTED ORE AVERAGED 69 TO 72% PB AND 3 OZ AG PER TON
Comment (Location): 3 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ELY
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN LENSES PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, AND IN CRUSHED LIMESTONE NEAR A FISSURE, WHICH TRENDS N50E, DIPS 60S
References
Reference (Production): HOSE ET.AL., 1976
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL 648
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.
