The Silver King Claims is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.91139, -117.18889
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Silver King Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Claims
Secondary: Speculator
Secondary: Silver King
Secondary: Silver Knight
Secondary: Golden Spear
Secondary: Possibility
Secondary: President Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Marinette Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1922 -
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 vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SAID TO AVERAGE $12-$18 IN AG AND PB (1922)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 600 FT INCLINE TO A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 200 FT WITH 1500 FT TOTAL WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN 1-4 FT WIDE
Comment (Location): 9 CLAIMS, 8 PATENTED, 180 ACRES, ABOUT 3.0 AIR MILES EAST OF ROUTE 95 AND 1.3 AIR MILES WEST OF THE NYE COUNTY LINE. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982
Comment (Development): SHIPMENTS WERE MADE BY COMPANY OWNING PROPERTY PRIOR TO 1918
References
Reference (Deposit): CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P. 130-132
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P. 1249
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2.
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.
