The King Solomon Mine is a antimony and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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King Solomon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Solomon Mine
Secondary: Willow Creek
Secondary: Peterson
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Danville District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Peterson, Magnus F. And Lorina
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1936
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Monitor Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone Striking N5w, Dipping 70w Cuts Off The Southern Vein.Shear Zone Contains Several Small Veinlets Of Quartz And Stibnite.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Tuff Is Completely Silicified And Kaolinized. Argillized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE ASSAY OF THE 48 INCH SHEAR ZONE CONTAIN 1.3 % SB, 2.82 OZ AG PER TON.
Analytical Data: 1963-HIGHEST REPORTED ASSAY FOR SELENIUM IS 0.112 %
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, 28 AND 33 FT, SEVERAL LARGE CUTS, AND ABOUT 1,000 FT OF BULLDOZER AND HANDMADE TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): APPROXIMATE LOCATION. POINT IS TAKEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SECTIONS 25, 36, AND 1.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS: THE NORTH VEIN STRIKES N55E, DIPS 30-40NW AND IS 6-30 IN WIDE. THE SOUTH VEIN STRIKES N45E,260 FT SE OF THE NORTH VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 151-153
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
