King Midas

The King Midas is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: King Midas  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.92639, -114.68472

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King Midas MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: King Midas
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1568 and 1714


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Ely Springs (Lone Mountain)


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping, N Striking, Normal Faults

Type: L
Description: Faults, Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Wad
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): AREA NOT DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS

Comment (Deposit): MINE IS ON THE HANGING WALL OF A FAULT. ORE OCCURS IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA STOPED TO A DEPTH OF 30-40 FT. OXIDIZED REPLACEMENT ZONE DEVELOPED ALONG A N TO N15W VERTICAL TO 5ONE-DIPPING FAULT REPLACEMENT. MINERALIZATION IS NOT RESTRICTED SOLELY TO FAULT ZONE BUT ALSO EXTENDS OUTWARD FROM FAULT ZONE ALONG BEDDING PLANES, ESPECIALLY AFFECTING THE MORE SHALEY LAYERS. FAULT DOES NOT EXTEND TO SURFACE, AS CARBONATE BEDS ABOVE WORKINGS ARE UNDISTURBED ACROSS ZONE. CARBONATE ROCKS ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN ZONE ARE HIGHLY SILICIFIED OR OXIDIZED (BLEACHED AND IRON-STAINED). SAMPLE 1714 CONSISTS OF ALTERED LIMESTONE REPLACED BY GALENA(?) AND NOW OXIDIZED TO CERUSSITE, ANGLESITE,AND FE&MN OXIDES. CALCITE AND WAD ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE. SHALLOW SHAFT WEST OF SAMPLE SITE EXPLORES THE SAME BEDDED CARBONATE UNIT WHICH IS CUT BY A N70W VERTICAL FAULT ZONE ABOUT 4 FT WIDE, MARKED BY BRECCIATION AND IRON OXIDES HOST ROCKS ARE RECRYSTALLIZED OR HIGHLY SILICIFIED.

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT AND SHORT DRIFTS ALONG FAULT ZONE. SHAFT INCLINED 50 TO NE. REMAINS OF TRACK AT SITE. WEST OF MAIN SAMPLED WORKINGS IS A 15-FT DEEP SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT UNORGANIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR DISTRICT LISTED, WITH THE KING MIDAS AS THE CHIEF MINE

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983


References

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 15, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE #172, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.