The Desert King Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Desert King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert King Mine
Secondary: Desert King Shaft Bell Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Wedekind 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Illite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Workings): FLOW ROCKS ARE HIGHLY ALTERED, AND HAVE UNDERGONE SURFACE BLEACHING. BLEACHING HAS RESULTED IN ALTERATION OF ANDESITE TO MIXTURE OF QUARTZ, ILLITE, AND IRON OXIDES. BODIES OF IRON-OXIDE STAINED QUARTZ OCCUR ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN THE ANDESITE. THE QUARTZ LENSES DO NOT EXTEND MORE THAN 20-30 FEET BELOW SURFACE, AND ARE EVIDENTLY PRODUCTS OR REDISTRIBUTION OF SILICA DURING WEATHERING AND BLEACHING. THE ANDESITES BELOW THE ZONE OF WEATHERING ARE DARK GREYISH-GREEN PHOPYLICED ROCK SPECKLED WITH PYRITE. THE ANDESITE FLOWS HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY DIKES OF GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY. ORE MINERALIZATION OCCURED IN STOCKWORKS IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES (BONHAM P 92)
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.C., HYDRO-THERMAL ACTIVITY IN THE VEINS AT WEDEKIND NEV, ENG. & MINING JOUR V 76, AUGUST 22, 1903, P 275-276.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., U.S.G.S. BULL 594, 1915
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T.D. MIN. RES., DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO'S NEV, NBMG BULL 46, 1947.
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.
