The Silver King Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Silver King (Sunnyside?) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Hill And Hendrix
Years: 1980 -
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: N Trending Normal Fault
Type: L
Description: Ew Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT UNORGANIZED, SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): ROCK ON DUMP AND AROUND SHAFT COLLAR A DARK LIMESTONE WITH MAROON CLOTS. FRACTURE ZONE AT SHAFT, N55W, VERTICAL, W-HITE CALCITE VEIN 1/4 IN. THICK ON SURFACE. FRACTURE CAN BE TR-ACED ALONG OUTCROP EAST OF THE SHAFT; STOPES HAVE CAVED ALONG -ZONE. UPPER (EASTERN) AREA OF WORKINGS (ON SIDEHILL PASS QUAD,- SAMPLE SITE 269) EXPLORES REPLACEMENT LENSES IN LIMESTONE ALO-NG N55W STRUCTURE. LOWEST WORKINGS EXPOSE KADLINIZED DIKE AT P-ORTAL; CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE TRENDS N20W, DIPS 60-65 SW; OLD -DUMPS ALONG HILLSLOPE TO WEST ARE ON N55-60W FRACTURES IN LIME-STONE.
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS, AT LEAST ONE VERTICLE SHAFT; STOPES EXTEND TO SURFACE
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES OCCUR NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE LIMESTONE AND THE QUARTZ DIORITE PORPHYRY, AS BOTH SMALL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS AND AS VEINS. A 7 INCH STRINGER OF HEAVY PB-AG-AS SULFIDES WAS EXPOSED FOR 12 FEET IN THE VEIN.
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): 8-10 CARLOADS OF PB-AG ORE PRODUCED
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS BEING DRILLED (EXPLORATION).BY ANACONDA CO.IN 1981. EVIDENCE OF SEVERAL DEEP HOLES, AND RIG ON PROPER-TY AT TIME OF VISIT.
References
Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
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.
