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King Group

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045073
MRDS ID M232732
Record type Site
Current site name King Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39347, 41.39961 (WGS84)
Elevation 1547
Relative position 33 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Poverty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 041E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N-MOST END OF HOT SPRINGS RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE 45% MN
Result 1.4% FE
Result 12.5% SIO2 AND AL2O3

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation
    Rock description Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39347, 41.39961
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: MANGANESE OXIDES REPLACE CHERT IN INTERBEDDED CHERT AND GREENSTONE SEQUENCES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 2 SHIPMENTS OF ORE WERE MADE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    VOEGTLY, N. E., 1981, USGS OFR 81-134

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R., 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF SEDIMENTARY BEDS; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: VOLCANOGENIC MN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) 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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