The Silver King Mine is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,881 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,881 Feet (2,402 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.64306, -114.62917
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Secondary: Kratz Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver King Mining Co (Schrader)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 2 MI. S. OF VULCAN MINE
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SILVER KING VEIN, WHICH IS SAID TO EXTEND 4 MI. SOUTHWESTWARD AND RANGES FROM 5-20 INCHES IN WIDTH. DEPOSIT DISCOVERED I( 1885 BY MR. TURO MERC ARE TWO MAIN OPENINGS SITUATED ABOUT 1.500 FT. APART. THE NORTH OPENING CONSISTS OF AN 80-FOOT SHAFT. THE VEIN HERE IS ABOUT 5 FEET WIDEAND DIPS 70 SE. THE SOUTH OPENING CONSISTS OF A 100-FOOT SHAFT. THE VEIN HERE ISABOUT 15 FEET WIDE AND STANDS VERTICALLY OR DIPS STEEPLY TO THE NW. ASSAYS OBTAINED FROM THE SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS OF THE VEIN ARE AS FOLLOWS: 40% MN; 2% CU; 20%PB; 4 OZ/TON AG; AND A TRACE OF AU AND ZN.(SCHRADER, 1935, P39-40) BOTTOM OF THE80-FOOT SHAFT CARRIES ABOUT 4% CU (SCHRADER, 1912, P145) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 80-FT. SHAFT, 100 FT. SHAFT
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK IS MII-PENN. DIAMOND PEAK RM.
Comment (Development): ASSAYS RAN 40% MN; 2-4% CU; 20% PB, 4 OZ/AG WITH TRACES OF AU AND CU.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER F.C. (1912) A RECOMM. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912,1935)
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.
