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Golden King Iii Claim

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037799
MRDS ID M042789
Record type Site
Current site name Golden King Iii Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2395

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54926, 38.64854 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ardivey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 039E 13PROJECTED FROM SOUTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF GOLDEN KING MINE ABOUT 0.4 MILE. UNSURVEYED T & R. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2395 OF SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED RHYOLITE TUFF CEMENTED BY QUARTZ AND LIMONITE, FROM THE DUMP, CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.15% TI, 150 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 0.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 1000 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 15 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 70 PPM PB, 50 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 70 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.54926, 38.64854
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-50W
    Dip STEEPLY SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT (COLLAR CAVED), OLD SINKING TRIPOD SET OVER SHAFT. NEW EXXON DRILL SITE JUST TO WEST OF SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • EXXON CLAIMS IN AREA, EXXON DRILL SITE JUST TO WEST OF SHAFT (1985)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 3 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 71-76.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE IN RHYOLITE TUFF. TUFF ON PUMP KAOLINIZED, IRON-STAINED, NON-WELDED, WITH LARGE PUMICE FRAGMENTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

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