The Silver King Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,329 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,329 Feet (1,929 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.29167, -114.87639
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hill And Hendrix
Years: 1980 -
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: R
Description: N-Trending Normal Fault
Type: L
Description: E-W Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): 8-10 CARLOADS OF ORE PRODUCED (AG-PB)-IN ADDITION TO THAT ABOVE
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS BEING DRILLED BY ANACONDA CO. IN 1981. -EVIDENCE OF SEVERAL DEEP HOLES; RIG ON PROPERTY AT TIME OF VISIT. NOTICE ON HEADFRAME-LOCATED FEB, 1980 BY HILL & HENDRIX.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES OCCUR NEAR THE CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ DIORITE PORPHYRY AS BOTH SMALL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS AND VEINS. A 7-INCH STRINGER OF HEAVY PB-AG/AS SULFIDES WAS EXPOSED FOR 12 FT IN THE VEIN. ROCK ON DUMP AND AROUND SHAFT COLLAR IS A DARK LIMESTONE WITH MAROON CLOTS. FRACTURE ZONE AT SHAFT - N 55 W, VERTICAL; WHITE CALCITE VEIN 1/4 IN. THICK ON SURFACE; FRACTURE CAN BE TRACED ALONG OUTCROP EAST OF THE SHAFT; STOPES HAVE CAVED ALONG THE ZONE. UPPER (EASTERN) AREA OF WORKINGS (ON SIDE HILL PASS QUAD, SAMPLE SITE 269) EXPLORE REPLACEMENT LENSES IN LIMESTONE ALONG N 55 W STRUCTURE. LOWEST WORKINGS EXPOSE KAOLINIZED DIKE AT PORTAL; CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE TRENDS N 20 W, DIPS 60-65 SW; OLD DUMPS ALONG HILL SLOPE TO WEST ARE ON N 55-60 W FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, AT LEAST ONE VERTICAL SHAFT, STOPES EXTEND TO SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT UNORGANIZED; SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN THE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6/14/81.
Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, 1940, P.31, VOL 2, NO. 2.
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.
