The Silver-Tungsten King Prospect is a copper and tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silver-Tungsten King Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver-Tungsten King Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains 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
Owner Name: G. G. Thompson, George Zack;
Home Office: Gabbs, Nevada
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): COPPER-STAINED TACTITE CONTAINING TRACES OF SCHEELITE: OCCURS ALONG A CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITIC ROCK.
Comment (Location): NEAR GUNMETAL MINE? ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): PROSPECTING FOR COPPER ABOUT 65 YEARS AGO: EXPLORATION FOR TUNGSTEN IN 1950'S
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS DRIVEN IN PROSPECTING FOR COPPER ABOUT 65 YEARS AGO; EXPLORATION FOR W CONSISTS OF FEW SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 6
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.
