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Lead King Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046936
MRDS ID M242166
Record type Site
Current site name Lead King Mine
Alternate or previous names Midnight Mine, Lead King and Red Head Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.29446, 39.49355 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Third Butte East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 068E 23,14 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SUMMIT OF WHITE CLOUD MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.29446, 39.49355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name White Cloud District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lead King Mining Milling Co.
    First year 1905
    Last year 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, P. 81; PL. I, PL.2.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEV. (FOR BLM)

  • Production

    HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH, 1976, P.81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.