| Deposit ID | 10013609 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | King |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.34976, 45.61684 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1554 |
| Relative position | 6.0 MI S 33 W OF SILVER STAR |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Madison(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twin Bridges(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jefferson(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 002S | 006W | 33 | NE OF SW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pre Belt | ||||
| Rock description | Pre Belt | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.34976, 45.61684 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 70 E |
| Dip | STEEP 5 |
| Length | 4827.9M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010004 |
MIN RES US, 1916, 1939
MBMG MEM 19, PL 5, P. 32
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SILVER KING VEIN IS AT LEAST 3 MI LONG |
| Deposit | MENTIONED IN MIN RES US FOR YEARS 1916, 1939 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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