King Claims

The King Claims is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: King Claims
Secondary: Nutter-Fitzgerald Prospect
Secondary: Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Samples 2383

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Shon Mining 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

Owner Name: R. J. Nutter And T. J. Fitzgerald In 1943

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 USGS CHIP SAMPLES IN 1943 ASSAYED 0.98 AND 0.40 % WO3. NBMG SAMPLE 2283 IN 1985 CONTAINED 3 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 2000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM BI, 70 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 500 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Location): 3 MILES SE OF MARY CLOUGH MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): SOME EXPLORATORY WORK IN 1940'S, NO ACTIVITY IN 1985 WHEN EXAMINED.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN 3 QUARTZITE BEDS OF THE WINNEMUCCA FM NEAR A GRANITE CONTACT. THE BEDS DO NOT CROP OUT, AND ARE ABOUT 2.5 FT THICK WHERE THEY ARE EXPOSED IN THE PITS. VERY LITTLE TACTITE DEVELOPMENT, WHERE THERE WERE LIMESTONE LENSES IN THE QUARTZITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS ALONG NARROW BEDDING PLANES IN THE HORNFELS. IN THE LIMITED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, SCHEELITE OCCURS IN 1-3 INCH BANDS EXTENDING ONLY A FEW TENS OF FEET AWAY FROM THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS, DOZER CUTS, PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1972, UNPUB. REPORT ON THE CHARLESTON HILL DISTRICT.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 11 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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.