King Solomon Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Barium-Barite, Selenium
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -116.66758, 38.6666 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST SIDE OF THE MONITOR RANGE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N;008N 047E;47E 25,36;01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION. POINT IS TAKEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SECTIONS 25, 36, AND 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Tuff Is Completely Silicified And Kaolinized. Argillized

Analytical data

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.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.66758, 38.6666

Economic information

Geologic structures

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.

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N55E
    Dip 30-40 NW
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer M.F. And Lorena Peterson

Mining district

District name Danville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peterson, Magnus F. And Lorina
    First year 1959

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, 28 AND 33 FT, SEVERAL LARGE CUTS, AND ABOUT 1,000 FT OF BULLDOZER AND HANDMADE TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 151-153

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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