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King Midas

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037340
MRDS ID M032021
Record type Site
Current site name King Midas
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1568 and 1714
Related records 10149148

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68556, 37.92635 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 13 MILES W OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ely Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 65E 33 ;PROJECTED FROM THE WEST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA NOT DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68556, 37.92635
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Steeply Dipping, N Striking, Normal Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N15W
    Dip 45-50E
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone; Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Ely Springs (Lone Mountain)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR DISTRICT LISTED, WITH THE KING MIDAS AS THE CHIEF MINE

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AND SHORT DRIFTS ALONG FAULT ZONE. SHAFT INCLINED 50 TO NE. REMAINS OF TRACK AT SITE. WEST OF MAIN SAMPLED WORKINGS IS A 15-FT DEEP SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE #172, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 15, 1983.

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT UNORGANIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MINE IS ON THE HANGING WALL OF A FAULT. ORE OCCURS IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA STOPED TO A DEPTH OF 30-40 FT. OXIDIZED REPLACEMENT ZONE DEVELOPED ALONG A N TO N15W VERTICAL TO 5ONE-DIPPING FAULT REPLACEMENT. MINERALIZATION IS NOT RESTRICTED SOLELY TO FAULT ZONE BUT ALSO EXTENDS OUTWARD FROM FAULT ZONE ALONG BEDDING PLANES, ESPECIALLY AFFECTING THE MORE SHALEY LAYERS. FAULT DOES NOT EXTEND TO SURFACE, AS CARBONATE BEDS ABOVE WORKINGS ARE UNDISTURBED ACROSS ZONE. CARBONATE ROCKS ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN ZONE ARE HIGHLY SILICIFIED OR OXIDIZED (BLEACHED AND IRON-STAINED). SAMPLE 1714 CONSISTS OF ALTERED LIMESTONE REPLACED BY GALENA(?) AND NOW OXIDIZED TO CERUSSITE, ANGLESITE,AND FE&MN OXIDES. CALCITE AND WAD ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE. SHALLOW SHAFT WEST OF SAMPLE SITE EXPLORES THE SAME BEDDED CARBONATE UNIT WHICH IS CUT BY A N70W VERTICAL FAULT ZONE ABOUT 4 FT WIDE, MARKED BY BRECCIATION AND IRON OXIDES HOST ROCKS ARE RECRYSTALLIZED OR HIGHLY SILICIFIED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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