| Deposit ID | 10045084 |
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| MRDS ID | M232743 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | T.N.T. Lease, May Overlap Knight Prospect Ed Knight's Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2616, R. E. Claims Pit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.28485, 41.20822 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1981 |
| Relative position | 42 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039N | 042E | 31 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Nontronite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2616 OF GARNET-QUARTZ-TREMOLITE SKARN WITH MINOR SCHEELITE CONTAINS 15 % FE, 3 % MG, 15 % CA, 0.2 % TI, +50-00 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 30 PPM CO-, 50 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 10- PPM SC, 30 PPM SN, 500 PPM V, 300 PPM W, 30 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZN-, 100 PPM ZR. |
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| Model code | 42 |
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| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Osgood Mtns. Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Osgood Mtns. Stock | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Preble Formation |
| Rock description | Preble Formation |
| (1) | -117.28485, 41.20822 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Closely Spaced Joints Trend N10e, Dip 28w |
| General form | IRREGULAR CONTACT ZONE |
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| Strike | NE |
| Dip | SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | Ed Knight (?) |
| Year of first production | 1951 |
| District name | Potosi District; Getchell District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Lessee/Operator |
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| Owner | Ron Rex Mining Co. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | T. N. T. Inc., |
| Year | 1951 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1951-Present | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE W | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.35 To 0.85 % W03, Average 0.6 % W03 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1951-1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.6% Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232743 |
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO. NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MTNS. QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 431.
HOBBS, S.W., CLABAOUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT CO, NEV., UNIV NEV. BULL 40, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 44.
TINGLEY, J. V., 6 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
NBMG STAFF, 1985,NBMG OFR 85-3
STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, 1986, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964; STAGER, IN PREP.; TINGLEY, 1984.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PROPERTY COVERS A PART OF THE NORTHERN CONTACT ZONE OF THE GRANODIORITE STOCK WITH LIMY SEDIMENTS OF THE PREBL-E FM. PODS OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCUR IN THE THIN LIM-ESTONE LENSES THAT ARE INTERBEDDED WITH ARGILLACEOUS HORNFELS -WHERE THE STRIKE OF THE BEDDING IS INTO OR AT A SLIGHT ANGLE T-O THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT. THE TACTITE IS THICKEST AT THE CON-TACT AND PINCHES OUT TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE -BEDS. THE TUNGSTEN CONTENT OF THE ORE MINED RANGED FROM 0.35 %- TO 0.85 % W03 AND PROBABLY AVERAGED ABOUT 0.6 %. THE DEPOSIT -CONTAINS A SMALL POD OF GARNET-QUARTZ-TREMOLITE SKARN ON THE N-ORTHERN CONTACT OF THE NORTHERN LOBE OF OSGOOD GRANODIORITE. L-IMESTONE SECTION HERE IS DISCONTINUOUS AND TACTITE PODS ARE SM-ALL. THE ZONE COULD CONNECT WITH THAT OF THE RICHMOND MINE TO -THE WEST. |
| Deposit | WORKINGS INCLUDE 3 OEPN CUTS UNDER LEASE TO RONREX MINING CO. IN 1956. OPEN PIT MINING STARTED IN 1951, CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH 1956. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1981 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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