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Silver-Tungsten King Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045349
MRDS ID M233056
Record type Site
Current site name Silver-Tungsten King Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88816, 38.39271 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Chose Map Site Near Gunmetal Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 037E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR GUNMETAL MINE? ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rock
    Rock description Granitic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88816, 38.39271
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limstone And Granitic Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. G. Thompson, George Zack;
    Home office Gabbs, Nevada
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS DRIVEN IN PROSPECTING FOR COPPER ABOUT 65 YEARS AGO; EXPLORATION FOR W CONSISTS OF FEW SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING FOR COPPER ABOUT 65 YEARS AGO: EXPLORATION FOR TUNGSTEN IN 1950'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER-STAINED TACTITE CONTAINING TRACES OF SCHEELITE: OCCURS ALONG A CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITIC ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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