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Kingland Prospects

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045714
MRDS ID M233511
Record type Site
Current site name Kingland Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.879, 38.75325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 400m. Utm Is To Shaft Near Center Of Area Of Prospects

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gabbs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 036E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3/4 MILE S. OF OKEY DAVIS MINE. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Iron-Oxide Staining, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.879, 38.75325
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer E. W. Kingland (Relocator)

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. W. Kingland Of Los Angeles

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • (12, 20, 40 FT DEEP), MINOR PITS, AND A DEEPER SHAFT THAT STARTS VERTICAL, THEN INCLINES STEEPLY S18W

Comments on development

  • OLD CLAIM RELOCATED FOR GOLD IN 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEV: NBMG BULL. IN PRESS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ-SILICA VEINS AND BOX WORKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 La Pointe, D. D. 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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