The Lead King Claim is a lead and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lead King Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead King Claim
Secondary: Lead Duke No. 1.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo 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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): IN MUSIC CANYON ABOUT 1.75 MILES N OF RAWHIDE MTN. NORTH PEAK. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): OLD PROSPECT RELOCATED AS LEAD DUKE IN 1959
References
Reference (Deposit): QUINLIVAN AND ROGERS 1970, O.F. MAP-USGS.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO, NV: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS).
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.
