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Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044899
MRDS ID M232529
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.94208, 38.5027 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 027E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.94208, 38.5027
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HAS A STAIN OF COPPER. WALLS HAVE CLAY SELVAGES. MINE IS SIMILAR TO THE ECLIPSE MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1867

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, 1869, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF NEVADA FOR YEARS 1867 & 1868: CARSON CITY

  • Deposit

    MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, 1868, REPORTS ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR 1867: GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON

  • Production

    MOORE, 1969.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED MAY 1867. MINE IS OPENED TO A DEPTH OF 20 FEET BY A SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Royse, Sue E. 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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