Lead King Claim Group

The Lead King Claim Group is a silver and lead mine located in Esmeralda 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

Name: Lead King Claim Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 37.95528, -117.39889

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Lead King Claim Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lead King Claim Group


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain 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: Pat Daley, 1921


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1921
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 ASSAYS RAN A TRACE OF GOLD, 3.7 AND 10.0 OZ/T AG AND 11.6 AND 15.1% PB.


Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): ORE WAS IN SURFACE POCKETS. THE VEINS DID NOT CONTINUE DEEPER THAN 40FT

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS 200,100 AND 125 FT LONG; A SHAFT 65 FT DEEP AND AN INCLINED SHAFT 50 FT DEEP, AS WELL AS 8 CUTS ON SCATTERED VEINS


References

Reference (Deposit): CARPER,A.F. 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE LEAD KING GROUP MINING CLAIMS; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 96, ITEM 2.

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.