The King Group is a manganese mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,075 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,075 Feet (1,547 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 41.39972, -117.39250
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King Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Poverty Peak 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
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal Mn
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE 45% MN
Analytical Data: 12.5% SIO2 AND AL2O3
Analytical Data: 1.4% FE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: MANGANESE OXIDES REPLACE CHERT IN INTERBEDDED CHERT AND GREENSTONE SEQUENCES.
Comment (Location): N-MOST END OF HOT SPRINGS RANGE
Comment (Production): 2 SHIPMENTS OF ORE WERE MADE.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF SEDIMENTARY BEDS; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: VOLCANOGENIC MN.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): VOEGTLY, N. E., 1981, USGS OFR 81-134
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964.
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.
