The Lead King is a lead and silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 3,839 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,839 Feet (1,170 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.63194, -117.57833
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Lead King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead King
Secondary: Lippincott Lead
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Year: 1951
Time Period: - 1951
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Value Of $80,000 , Assays Ranged 25 - 40 % Pb, 11 - 38 Oz Ag, 4 - 11 % Zn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS/PIPES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Folds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): MAIN TUNNEL; 1000 TONS OF ORE MINED FROM ORE BODY 6 INCHES - 14 FT. WIDE, ASSAYING 42 % PB AND 8 OZ AG. NO. 2 TUNNEL; 50 TONS SHIPPED. TAYLOR SHAFT; 400 TONS SHIPPED, ASSAYING 17 - 40 % PB, MAXIMUM ZINC AND SILVER WAS 20 % AND 105 OZ RESPECTIVELY. ADDISON SHAFT; $35,000 OF ORE, SHIPMENTS ASSAYED AS MUCH AS 63 % PB, AND 36 OZ AG/TON.
Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNEL, ALT. 3750 FT, IS 625 FT LONG, S 45 W. 50 FT. DRIFT RUNS SE, PIPELINE ORE BODY PLUNGING N 70 W WAS MINED TO SURFACE. CONFIDENCE NO. 2; TUNNEL DRIVEN S 17 W FOR 145 FT. 75 FT. FROM PORTAL, 40 FT. WINZE WAS SUNK. TAYLOR SHAFT, INCLINED 65 NW, DEPTH OF 135 FT. FOLLOWING ORE BODY 2 FT. IN WIDTH. ADDISON SHAFT AT ALT. 4900 FT., ORE BODY 125 FT. LONG AND INCLINED 40 NW WAS MINED.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DOLOMITE AND OVERLYING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE FOLDED INTO AN INVERTED OVERTURNED SYNCLINE, BECOMES A FAULT TOWARD EAST. ANOTHER FAULT, NEARLY PARALLELS WESTERN MARGIN, INTERSECTS A NW TRENDING SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): LEAD DEPOSITS RESEMBLE PODS AND PIPES IN SILICEOUS VEINS, ORE SHOTS HAVE REPLACED DOLOMITE ALONG MINOR FAULTS AND BRECCIATED ZONES.
Comment (Commodity): CONTEMPURANEOUS DEPOSITS OF COPPER IRON, TUNGSTEN, AND TALC WERE FORMED IN THE DOLOMITE BY INTRUSION OF QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK. LOW-GRADE, HAS NOT BEEN EXPLOITED.
References
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 73 - 74
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