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Desert King Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043849
MRDS ID M231137
Record type Site
Current site name Desert King Mine
Alternate or previous names Desert King Shaft Bell Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75156, 39.56378 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reno(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 020E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75156, 39.56378
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw & N-Trending Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wedekind District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • FLOW ROCKS ARE HIGHLY ALTERED, AND HAVE UNDERGONE SURFACE BLEACHING. BLEACHING HAS RESULTED IN ALTERATION OF ANDESITE TO MIXTURE OF QUARTZ, ILLITE, AND IRON OXIDES. BODIES OF IRON-OXIDE STAINED QUARTZ OCCUR ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN THE ANDESITE. THE QUARTZ LENSES DO NOT EXTEND MORE THAN 20-30 FEET BELOW SURFACE, AND ARE EVIDENTLY PRODUCTS OR REDISTRIBUTION OF SILICA DURING WEATHERING AND BLEACHING. THE ANDESITES BELOW THE ZONE OF WEATHERING ARE DARK GREYISH-GREEN PHOPYLICED ROCK SPECKLED WITH PYRITE. THE ANDESITE FLOWS HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY DIKES OF GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY. ORE MINERALIZATION OCCURED IN STOCKWORKS IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES (BONHAM P 92)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.C., HYDRO-THERMAL ACTIVITY IN THE VEINS AT WEDEKIND NEV, ENG. & MINING JOUR V 76, AUGUST 22, 1903, P 275-276.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., U.S.G.S. BULL 594, 1915

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, T.D. MIN. RES., DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO'S NEV, NBMG BULL 46, 1947.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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