The Gold King Claim and Valley King Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Gold King Claim and Valley King Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold King Claim and Valley King Claims
Secondary: Central Jessup District
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Jessup District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: ABOUT 1908-1909
Comment (Development): GOLD KING WAS THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY CLAIM, ADJOINING THE VALLEY KING GROUP, WHICH WAS UNDER LEASE TO KENNETH DALE AND DICK COLLINS IN 1938. IN 1932, OLAF JOHNSON DISCOVERED PLACER GOLD ON TOP OF A SMALL HILL ON THE VALLEY KING CLAIM AND SEVERAL OUNCES OF GOLD WERE PRODUCED BY DRY-WASHING.
Comment (Workings): 150-FT. SHAFT AND 1000 FT. OF WORKINGS
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION OF CLAIMS IS UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): SMALL VEINS UP TO ONE FOOT WIDE CARRY QUARTZ, IRON OXIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1979, MILS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, USBM INFORMATIONCIRC. 7093
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.
