Nevada King Mine

The Nevada King Mine is a gold and antimony mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Nevada King Mine
Secondary: American Antimony
Secondary: Hill
Secondary: Pass Canyon the Nevada King
Secondary: True Course
Secondary: R.A.D.
Secondary: J.H.D.
Secondary: R.A.D.2.
Secondary: Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Florence

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: Ray, Madena, Denise And Suzanne Clark,
Home Office: P. O. Box 144, Lovelock, Nv

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: LENSES, PODS, TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Black And White Clay Gouge

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES RANGE FROM A TRACE TO 13.07 % SB TO 0.04 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: AND 0 TO 0.46 OZ/TON AG. SOME ORE SHOOTS RAN $17.50 TO $30/TON (1906) AT $20/OZ AU.

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): PINE FOREST RANGE

Comment (Geology): LENSES, PODS, VEINLETS, AND SINGLE CRTALS OF STIBNITE ARE FOUND ALONG THE SHEAR ZONES, COMMONLY WITH QUARTZ. STIBNITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE WALLROCK WITHIN TWO INCHES OF THE SHEAR ZONE. ORE SHOOTS OCCUR AT INTERSECTIONS OF SHEAR ZONES WITH CROSS-CUTTING FAULTS. LOCALLY, THINWALLED BOXWORKS OF QUARTZ AND YELLOW ANTIMONY OXIDES HAVE FORMED AROUND GRAINS OF STIBNITE, AND LIMONITIC BOXWORKS ALSO MAY BE PRESENT. PSEUDOMORPHS OF LIMONITE AFTER STIBNITE OCCUR. QUARTZ VEINS 4-10 FT. WIDE CROSS-CUTTING AND PARALLEL TO CONTACT: VEINS DIP INTO CONTACT.

Comment (Deposit): OWNED IN 1957 BY HARRY PURDY. IN 1927, 30 TONS OF ORE (50 % SB) WERE PRODUCED; IN 1928, AN $800 ORE SHIPMENT WAS MADE. IN 1941, 1.5 TONS ORE (41 % SB) WERE PRODUCED. IN 1942, 2 TONS OF 54 % SB ORE WERE PRODUCED AND LATER IN 1942, 5 MORE TONS ORE WERE PRODUCED. MINE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 4 ADITS AND 2 SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS. IT CONSISTED ORIGINALLY OF 5 DE CLAIMS AND 2 MILL SITES, AND WAS BEING PROMOTED IN 1906 BY AMERICAN SECURITIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): STY BO CLAIMS LOCATED BY THE CLARKS IN 1970. AREA IS JUST OUTSIDE THE PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA.

Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.

Comment (Workings): ADITS, SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS

References

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 61.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA-HISTORICAL SOC-FILES.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN SECURITIES VOL. XIII, NO. 5, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.

Reference (Deposit): MG MINING DISTRICT FILE 144, ITEM 2, MAPFILE, BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA.

Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963

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.