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Nevada King Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045001
MRDS ID M232653
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada King Mine
Alternate or previous names American Antimony, Hill, Pass Canyon the Nevada King, True Course, R.A.D., J.H.D., R.A.D.2., Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67657, 41.65626 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duffer Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 030E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PINE FOREST RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Black And White Clay Gouge

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES RANGE FROM A TRACE TO 13.07 % SB TO 0.04 OZ/TON AU
Result AND 0 TO 0.46 OZ/TON AG. SOME ORE SHOOTS RAN $17.50 TO $30/TON (1906) AT $20/OZ AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.67657, 41.65626
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PODS, TABULAR
    Strike N20-45W
    Dip 70W-90
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones Along Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSES, PODS, VEINLETS, AND SINGLE CRTALS OF STIBNITE ARE FOUND ALONG THE SHEAR ZONES, COMMONLY WITH QUARTZ. STIBNITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE WALLROCK WITHIN TWO INCHES OF THE SHEAR ZONE. ORE SHOOTS OCCUR AT INTERSECTIONS OF SHEAR ZONES WITH CROSS-CUTTING FAULTS. LOCALLY, THINWALLED BOXWORKS OF QUARTZ AND YELLOW ANTIMONY OXIDES HAVE FORMED AROUND GRAINS OF STIBNITE, AND LIMONITIC BOXWORKS ALSO MAY BE PRESENT. PSEUDOMORPHS OF LIMONITE AFTER STIBNITE OCCUR. QUARTZ VEINS 4-10 FT. WIDE CROSS-CUTTING AND PARALLEL TO CONTACT: VEINS DIP INTO CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Florence

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray, Madena, Denise And Suzanne Clark,
    Home office P. O. Box 144, Lovelock, Nv

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • STY BO CLAIMS LOCATED BY THE CLARKS IN 1970. AREA IS JUST OUTSIDE THE PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 61.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA-HISTORICAL SOC-FILES.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN SECURITIES VOL. XIII, NO. 5, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.

  • Deposit

    MG MINING DISTRICT FILE 144, ITEM 2, MAPFILE, BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA.

  • Production

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Deposit OWNED IN 1957 BY HARRY PURDY. IN 1927, 30 TONS OF ORE (50 % SB) WERE PRODUCED; IN 1928, AN $800 ORE SHIPMENT WAS MADE. IN 1941, 1.5 TONS ORE (41 % SB) WERE PRODUCED. IN 1942, 2 TONS OF 54 % SB ORE WERE PRODUCED AND LATER IN 1942, 5 MORE TONS ORE WERE PRODUCED. MINE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 4 ADITS AND 2 SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS. IT CONSISTED ORIGINALLY OF 5 DE CLAIMS AND 2 MILL SITES, AND WAS BEING PROMOTED IN 1906 BY AMERICAN SECURITIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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