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Lead King

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076628
MRDS ID W023760
Record type Site
Current site name Lead King
Alternate or previous names Lippincott Lead
Related records 10211910, 10261108

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57924, 36.6319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF UBEHEBE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ubehebe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015S 040E 13 California

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONTEMPURANEOUS DEPOSITS OF COPPER IRON, TUNGSTEN, AND TALC WERE FORMED IN THE DOLOMITE BY INTRUSION OF QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK. LOW-GRADE, HAS NOT BEEN EXPLOITED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57924, 36.6319
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Folds

Ore body information

  • General form PODS/PIPES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DOLOMITE AND OVERLYING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE FOLDED INTO AN INVERTED OVERTURNED SYNCLINE, BECOMES A FAULT TOWARD EAST. ANOTHER FAULT, NEARLY PARALLELS WESTERN MARGIN, INTERSECTS A NW TRENDING SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period - 1951
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Value Of $80,000 , Assays Ranged 25 - 40 % Pb, 11 - 38 Oz Ag, 4 - 11 % Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 720g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 33wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MAIN TUNNEL; 1000 TONS OF ORE MINED FROM ORE BODY 6 INCHES - 14 FT. WIDE, ASSAYING 42 % PB AND 8 OZ AG. NO. 2 TUNNEL; 50 TONS SHIPPED. TAYLOR SHAFT; 400 TONS SHIPPED, ASSAYING 17 - 40 % PB, MAXIMUM ZINC AND SILVER WAS 20 % AND 105 OZ RESPECTIVELY. ADDISON SHAFT; $35,000 OF ORE, SHIPMENTS ASSAYED AS MUCH AS 63 % PB, AND 36 OZ AG/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN TUNNEL, ALT. 3750 FT, IS 625 FT LONG, S 45 W. 50 FT. DRIFT RUNS SE, PIPELINE ORE BODY PLUNGING N 70 W WAS MINED TO SURFACE. CONFIDENCE NO. 2; TUNNEL DRIVEN S 17 W FOR 145 FT. 75 FT. FROM PORTAL, 40 FT. WINZE WAS SUNK. TAYLOR SHAFT, INCLINED 65 NW, DEPTH OF 135 FT. FOLLOWING ORE BODY 2 FT. IN WIDTH. ADDISON SHAFT AT ALT. 4900 FT., ORE BODY 125 FT. LONG AND INCLINED 40 NW WAS MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 73 - 74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD DEPOSITS RESEMBLE PODS AND PIPES IN SILICEOUS VEINS, ORE SHOTS HAVE REPLACED DOLOMITE ALONG MINOR FAULTS AND BRECCIATED ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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