The Silver King Well Prospect is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,220 feet.
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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: 6,220 Feet (1,896 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.27361, -114.90528
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Silver King Well Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Well Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 100
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
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
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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
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL PROSPECT PIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): INACTIVE IN 1981
Comment (Deposit): N 45 E, 75 NW AND N 60 W, 85 SW FRACTURES CUTTING GRAY, FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE. SILICA AND CALCITE VEINING ALONG FRACTURES; BLACK AND BROWN JASPEROID WITH GOSSAN ON DUMP.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6/14/81.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.M., 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.
