| Deposit ID | 10072160 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016484 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | King Solomon Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Willow Creek, Peterson |
| Related records | 10125683 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.66758, 38.6666 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | EAST SIDE OF THE MONITOR RANGE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Barley Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Table Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 009N;008N | 047E;47E | 25,36;01 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Selenium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Result | 1963-HIGHEST REPORTED ASSAY FOR SELENIUM IS 0.112 % |
|---|---|
| Result | ONE ASSAY OF THE 48 INCH SHEAR ZONE CONTAIN 1.3 % SB, 2.82 OZ AG PER TON. |
| Model code | 180 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27d |
| Deposit model name | Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc) |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -116.66758, 38.6666 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone Striking N5w, Dipping 70w Cuts Off The Southern Vein.Shear Zone Contains Several Small Veinlets Of Quartz And Stibnite. |
| General form | STRINGERS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, SINGLE CRYSTALS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N55E |
| Dip | 30-40 NW |
| Width | 0.76M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Discoverer | M.F. And Lorena Peterson |
| District name | Danville District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Peterson, Magnus F. And Lorina |
| First year | 1959 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016484 |
LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 151-153
KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO VEINS: THE NORTH VEIN STRIKES N55E, DIPS 30-40NW AND IS 6-30 IN WIDE. THE SOUTH VEIN STRIKES N45E,260 FT SE OF THE NORTH VEIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1976 | Weeks, Robert | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1982 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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