| Deposit ID | 10046123 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M234088 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Hill Claims, NBMG Sample Site # 3672 & #3673 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.37678, 38.56853 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 2 MI. NW OF ACME |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kinkaid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008N | 032E | 11,12 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||
| |||
| (1) | Alluvium, undifferentiated |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | PRIOR TO 1923, BUT NO RECENT ACTIVITY AT EITHER THESE OR THE MONTREAL WORKINGS. |
| District name | Fitting District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M234088 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
SILVER KING MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE, JACK NBMG #3672 & #3673 SAMPLE SITE VISIT, 5/15/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILE (TINGLEY FILES).
ROSS, 1961, TABLE 6.2
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NORTH TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM. |
| Deposit | NBMG SAMPLE #3672 WAS TAKEN FROM THE DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND SHAFT WHILE SAMPLE #3673 WAS TAKEN FROM THE ORE BIN. THE SAMPLES VARIED ONLY IN THAT THE SECOND SAMPLE HAD CONSIDERABLE MANGANESE COATINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1989 | Quade, Jack | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1991 | Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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