Summit King-Dan Tucker Mine

Site Name

Primary: Summit King-Dan Tucker Mine
Secondary: Summit King Mine
Secondary: Dan Tucker Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3953
Secondary: Wall Street Claim
Secondary: Twilight Claim
Secondary: High Diddle Diddle Claim
Secondary: Double Ender Claim
Secondary: Legal Tender Claim
Secondary: Neglect Claim
Secondary: NRA Fraction Claim
Secondary: Tacoma Claim
Secondary: Sunflower Claim
Secondary: May Day Claim
Secondary: Tramp Claim
Secondary: Apex Claim
Secondary: Woman of Peace Claim
Secondary: Summit King Placer Claim
Secondary: Sunset Placer Claim
Secondary: Sunrise Placer Claim
Secondary: Keystone Fraction Claim

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Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs District

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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.

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Holdings

Not available

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Workings

Not available

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Ownership

Owner Name: Capri Resources, Ltd. owned in 1934 by Dan Tucker Mining Co. of Sand Springs.
Info Year: 1985
Years: 1985 -

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: vein/shear zone
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1990
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

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Physiography

Not available

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

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Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: STRONG GOSSAN-LIKE OXIDATION

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Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Description: dikes
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Description: dikes
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Triassic

Name: Metamorphic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Triassic

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: Sample 3953 contains 3% Fe, 0.2% Mg, 0.15% Ca, 0.2% Ti, 150 ppm Mn, 7 ppm Ag, 15 ppm B, 1000 ppm Ba, 10 ppm Co, 30 ppm Cu, 30 ppm Mo, 15 ppm Ni, 1.5 ppm Be 50 ppm Cr, 20 ppm Pb, 5 ppm Sc, 70 ppm V, 50 ppm Zr, and 0.05 ppm Au (by AA analysis)

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite

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Comments

Comment (Identification): Material from MRDS record No. M243115 and MRDS record No. M231027 has been copied to this record. This record supersedes records M243115 and M231027.

Comment (Location): The mine area is located just south of Highway 50 at Sand Springs Pass.

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS EXTEND TO A DEPTH OF 450 FT, SERVICED BY 3 SHAFTS, A CYANIDE MILL (RUINS REMAIN); AND MORE RECENTLY, HEAP LEACH

Comment (Development): The property was developed from 1912 to present with sporadic production. The property lay idle after discovery in 1905 until 1912 when Leslie L. Leonard prospected it with good results, after which he and C.W. Kinney jointly sunk a 130-ft shaft and found the 8-ft vein carrying mill-grade ore all the way down with a payshoot dipping westerly. In 1919 the Martin brothers took a lease and bond on the property, sunk several more shafts and shipped 150 tons of $125-$300/t ore. They also opened several parallel veins containing rich pockets of cerargyrite ore. In 1923, channel samples over 3000 ft along the deposit by a N.Y. firm, averaged $15.80/ton in gold. In 1924 the mine was purchased by Senator N.H. Getchell who incorporated the property as the Dan Tucker Mining Co., who worked it and found 4 new 3-ft ore shoot. In 1927, the mine was said to be worked by lessees. In 1934, after several years idle the mine, under lease to Rosetta Mines Co. became active again. Some production was reported from the district in 1938 and 1940. The mine was owned and operated by Summit King mines, Ltd.in 1951. In 1985, Capri Resources Ltd. reported commencement of a major bulk sampling and 7-hole diamond drilling program on the Summit King property, fully funded by Tri-Basin Resources Ltd, who may earn up to a 50% interest in the property.

Comment (Economic Factors): In 1939, reserves were reported as 15 Mt, assaying $3.50-4.50 per ton. Production from the mine in 1919 totalled 3 car loads of ore assaying $215-300 per ton; in 1927 1 Kt ore was produced; in 1940-41 and 1946-51 production totalled 20,895 oz Au and 1,262,255 oz Ag. There has probably been more unreported production from this property.

Comment (Deposit): The mine area consists of a system of E-W veins in a shear zone that crosses the range. Veins cut Mesozoc and Tertiary metamorphic and volcanic rocks and andesite and rhyolite dikes that occupy many of the fault strands. Near the surface, the veins have a braided pattern and range in thickness from 2 to 10 ft. Veins consist of vuggy, fine-grained quartz, angular fault breccia, and locally abundant pyrite and calcite. Ore is mainly free-gold, cerargyrite, and argentite. Silver values reportedly increase with depth. Sample 3953 was collected from a shaft at the east end of the vein system, and consists of vuggy, iron-stained quartz and sericite without visible mineralization.

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: GOLD, CERARGYRITE, ARGENTITE

Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: QUARTZ, SERICITE, PYRITE, CALCITE, IRON OXIDES

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References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 9 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE #13, ITEMS 2, 3

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

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, 10/30/85

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA

Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL 36, NO 19 MAY 8, MAY 29

Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG Map 91: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Reference (Deposit): MASMILS 0320010058

Reference (Deposit): Correspondence, 1939 (NBMG MD13, I6)Mining Activities, 1940

Reference (Deposit): Mines Register, v. 20, 1940

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 90-1,2,3

Reference (Deposit): Fallon Land Status, 1978

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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.