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Lead King Claims

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037284
MRDS ID M031248
Record type Site
Current site name Lead King Claims
Related records 10126420

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77864, 39.19744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Comins Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16N 64E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ELY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77864, 39.19744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure, And Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip 45-50 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault ?

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN LENSES PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, AND IN CRUSHED LIMESTONE NEAR A FISSURE, WHICH TRENDS N50E, DIPS 60S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Duck Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION DATA-INCLUDED IN DISTRICT RECORDS, LISTED IN THE SUCCESS MINE REPORT, SORTED ORE AVERAGED 69 TO 72% PB AND 3 OZ AG PER TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL 648

  • Production

    HOSE ET.AL., 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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