The Silver King Claims Nos. 2 and 5 is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,821 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,821 Feet (2,079 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.28361, -114.87333
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Silver King Claims Nos. 2 and 5 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Claims Nos. 2 and 5
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 268
Secondary: 269
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Silver King (Sunnyside ?) 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
Not available
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Development): INACTIVE IN 1981. ANACONDA DRILL RIG IN VALLEY TO WEST
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE-SHEAR ZONE IN LIMESTONE WITH HEAVY GOSSAN ALONG ZONE. GOSSAN CONTAINS PODS AND KERNELS OF GALENA WITH CERUSSITE AND CU OXIDES. INTRUSIVE OUTCROPS IN WASH NORTH OF SAMPLE SITE 267 (AT 268). INTRUSIVE IS MODERATELY KAOLINIZED, FE-OXIDE STAINED QUARTZ PORPHYRY. TO THE WEST, 2 OLD SHAFTS AND CONNECTING ADIT EXPLORE A PARALLEL (OR SAME) N60-70 W SHEAR ZONE. MASSIVE CHUNKS OF GALENA ON DUMP.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): OLD PROSPECT PITS AND SHAFTS ALONG STRIKE OF SHEAR ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6/14/81.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 82-9
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.
