The Lead King Mine is a lead, silver, copper, and zinc mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.49361, -114.29361
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Lead King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead King Mine
Secondary: Midnight Mine
Secondary: Lead King and Red Head Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: White Cloud 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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Lead King Mining Milling Co.
Years: 1905 - 1917
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR SUMMIT OF WHITE CLOUD MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, P. 81; PL. I, PL.2.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEV. (FOR BLM)
Reference (Production): HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH, 1976, P.81.
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.
