Kings Canyon Mine

The Kings Canyon Mine is a tungsten mine located in Carson City county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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

Name: Kings Canyon Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Carson City

Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.13333, -119.83333

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Satelite image of the Kings Canyon Mine

Kings Canyon Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kings Canyon Mine
Secondary: Colony Tungsten ?


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Voltaire


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1955
Time Period: 1952-1955
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.733 Percent Wo3


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)

Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.