The King Summit Mine is a gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,760 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,760 Feet (1,451 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.2692, -118.34720
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King Summit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Summit Mine
Secondary: Apex
Secondary: Wall St.
Secondary: Double Ender
Secondary: Tacoma
Secondary: Legal Tender
Secondary: Gold Top
Secondary: Woman of Peace
Secondary: Queen Group
Secondary: Cats Fiddle
Secondary: Twilight
Secondary: Neglect
Secondary: P & M
Secondary: Homestake
Secondary: Dan Tucker Mine
Secondary: Northern Dipper
Secondary: First Chance
Secondary: Tramp
Secondary: Summit King Mines, Ltd.
Secondary: Sunflower
Secondary: May Day
Secondary: Summit King Placer
Secondary: Double Dipper
Secondary: Man O War
Secondary: Noble Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIM GROUP ALSO IN SECS. 1, 2, 10, 11, AND 12, T. 16 N., R. 32 3., AND SECS. 7 AND 8, T. 16 N., R. 33 3.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 80-81.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 40-41.
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.
