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King Lode Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044183
MRDS ID M231545
Record type Site
Current site name King Lode Claim
Alternate or previous names King Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54343, 38.63576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 0.94 MILES SE OF GOLDEN RUINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ardivey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Shear Zone Is Bleached And Argillized

Analytical data

Result 1980- A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAIN 1.6 PPM GOLD AND 200 PPM SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.54343, 38.63576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Peavine Caldera Periphery Area
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Tuff Strikes N50w, Dip 10 Sw. A Minor Shear Zone In Toiyabe Quartz Latite Exhibiting Tight Folds With A Northwest Trend And A 10-20 Nw Plunge.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A N65-70w Fault Dipping 45-75 Ne.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver, W. A.
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR INCLINE SHAFTS AND THREE PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WORK WAS STILL BEING DONE IN 1970'A A62 16060003

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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