The Silver King Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Secondary: Gold Hill Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 3672 & #3673
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO CENTER OF AREA WHERE PROSPECT IS PROBABLY LOCATED, UTM IS +/- 1000M
Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE #3672 WAS TAKEN FROM THE DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND SHAFT WHILE SAMPLE #3673 WAS TAKEN FROM THE ORE BIN. THE SAMPLES VARIED ONLY IN THAT THE SECOND SAMPLE HAD CONSIDERABLE MANGANESE COATINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): $500,000, PROBABLY TOO HIGH
Comment (Deposit): NORTH TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS, ADITS, PROSPECTS AND LOADING FACILITIES. WORKINGS AT DEPTH WERE REPORTED TO HAVE FOLLOWED A CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND GRANITE, NEITHER OF WHICH WERE SEEN AT THE SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): THE DUMPS CONSIST OF VUGGY, LIMONITE-RICH QUARTZ VEINS AND BRECCIA.
References
Reference (Deposit): SILVER KING MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE, JACK NBMG #3672 & #3673 SAMPLE SITE VISIT, 5/15/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILE (TINGLEY FILES).
Reference (Production): ROSS, 1961, TABLE 6.2
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
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.
