Silver King Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10047129
MRDS ID M242380
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1185
Related records 10149569

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26535, 37.28412 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 042E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wyman Canyon
    Rock description Wyman Canyon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26535, 37.28412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Striking N45w, Dip 45ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tokop District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 100 FT DEEP WITH NUMERUS CROSSCUTS, EXPLORATION PITS AND CROSSCUTS.

Comments on development

  • ABUNDANT EXPLORATION PITS, CUTS DOT SURROUNDING HILLSIDES. RECENT SURFACE EXPLORATION DOWN THE DRAINAGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 MAY, 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUMP CONSISTS OF PYRITE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN, SHALE, SCHISTS, TACTITE AND SILICEOUS SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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