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Silver King and Resolution Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044267
MRDS ID M231650
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King and Resolution Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.89345, 38.99436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position ADJACENT TO THE SMUGGLER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 036E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result THREE SAMPLES AVERAGED 16 % PB, 28 % ZN, 12 OZ AG, 0.02-0.45 OZ AU PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.89345, 38.99436
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dougan Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • Length 457.2M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Limestone-Granite Contact.Sheared Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHEAR CONTACT MAY BE THE DOUGAN THRUST FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lodi District/Marble

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phillips, Noel And Edwin
    Home office Fallon
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OLD SHALLOW SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 97

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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