King Midas Group

The King Midas Group is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: King Midas Group
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 3910, 3911
Secondary: King Midas, King Midas #1, #2, #3, Lost Chord Patented Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Wonder 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Magnus Kjelsberg
Years: 1910 -

Owner Name: Newera Mining And Development Inc.,
Home Office: C/O Walter And Ruth Warmann 483 Suncrest Ave Nw, Salem Or 97304
Years: 1986 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3910 CONTAINED 0.5% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.1% TI, 15 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 50 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3911 CONTAINED 0.3% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.07% TI, 100 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 1.5 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 70 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SHAFT SUNK IN WHITE WELDED ASH-FLOW TUFF ADJACENT TO RHYOLITE DIKE WHICH IT APPARENTLY ENCOUNTERS AT DEPTH, AS PIECES OF QUARTZ VEIN AND DIKE MATERIAL COVER THE DUMP (SAMPLE 3910). SAMPLE 3911 FROM THE NEAR BY SHAFT/ADIT WAS CHIPPED FROM QUARTZ STRINGERS IN A 4-6 FT FAULT ZONE BEARING N 75 W, 40 NE. COUNTRY ROCK HERE IS ANDESITE AND THE INCLINE WHICH FOLLOWS THE DIP SLOPE MAY HAVE INTERCEPTED THE FIRST SHAFT AT DEPTH.

Comment (Workings): IN 1910 AT TIME OF SURVEY, PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY 4 CUTS, 1 SHAFT, 1 INCLINE WITH DRIFTS AND 1 CUT, TUNNEL WITH WINZE AND DRIFTS. IN 1986, SEVERAL ADITS, ONE SHAFT, ONE INCLINE ALONG NW FLANK OF DICKEY PEAK. SHAFT IS LARGE, DOUBLE COMPARTMENT

Comment (Location): WEST VICTOR AREA. UTM IS FOR SHAFT AT SAMPLE SITE 3911. UTM FOR SHAFT AT SAMPLE SITE 3910 IS N 4370330, E 404360 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): PATENTED 1912; SURVEYED 1910. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986; HOWEVER, ERICKSON'S STAKING (1979) SURROUNDS THE PATENTS TO THE NORTH.

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 26 SEP 86. NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

Reference (Deposit): CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER AND ASSESSOR'S OFFICES, RECORDS.

Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1

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.