The King Midas is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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King Midas MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Midas
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1568 and 1714
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Ely Springs (Lone Mountain)
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping, N Striking, Normal Faults
Type: L
Description: Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA NOT DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS ON THE HANGING WALL OF A FAULT. ORE OCCURS IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA STOPED TO A DEPTH OF 30-40 FT. OXIDIZED REPLACEMENT ZONE DEVELOPED ALONG A N TO N15W VERTICAL TO 5ONE-DIPPING FAULT REPLACEMENT. MINERALIZATION IS NOT RESTRICTED SOLELY TO FAULT ZONE BUT ALSO EXTENDS OUTWARD FROM FAULT ZONE ALONG BEDDING PLANES, ESPECIALLY AFFECTING THE MORE SHALEY LAYERS. FAULT DOES NOT EXTEND TO SURFACE, AS CARBONATE BEDS ABOVE WORKINGS ARE UNDISTURBED ACROSS ZONE. CARBONATE ROCKS ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN ZONE ARE HIGHLY SILICIFIED OR OXIDIZED (BLEACHED AND IRON-STAINED). SAMPLE 1714 CONSISTS OF ALTERED LIMESTONE REPLACED BY GALENA(?) AND NOW OXIDIZED TO CERUSSITE, ANGLESITE,AND FE&MN OXIDES. CALCITE AND WAD ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE. SHALLOW SHAFT WEST OF SAMPLE SITE EXPLORES THE SAME BEDDED CARBONATE UNIT WHICH IS CUT BY A N70W VERTICAL FAULT ZONE ABOUT 4 FT WIDE, MARKED BY BRECCIATION AND IRON OXIDES HOST ROCKS ARE RECRYSTALLIZED OR HIGHLY SILICIFIED.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT AND SHORT DRIFTS ALONG FAULT ZONE. SHAFT INCLINED 50 TO NE. REMAINS OF TRACK AT SITE. WEST OF MAIN SAMPLED WORKINGS IS A 15-FT DEEP SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT UNORGANIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR DISTRICT LISTED, WITH THE KING MIDAS AS THE CHIEF MINE
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983
References
Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 15, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE #172, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
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.
