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Gold King Claim and Valley King Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045361
MRDS ID M233070
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King Claim and Valley King Claims
Alternate or previous names Central Jessup District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.8796, 39.94683 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position CENTRAL JESSUP AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 028E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION OF CLAIMS IS UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.8796, 39.94683
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip 60-70 SE
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crushed Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Jessup District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150-FT. SHAFT AND 1000 FT. OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • GOLD KING WAS THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY CLAIM, ADJOINING THE VALLEY KING GROUP, WHICH WAS UNDER LEASE TO KENNETH DALE AND DICK COLLINS IN 1938. IN 1932, OLAF JOHNSON DISCOVERED PLACER GOLD ON TOP OF A SMALL HILL ON THE VALLEY KING CLAIM AND SEVERAL OUNCES OF GOLD WERE PRODUCED BY DRY-WASHING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, USBM INFORMATIONCIRC. 7093

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1979, MILS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: ABOUT 1908-1909
Deposit SMALL VEINS UP TO ONE FOOT WIDE CARRY QUARTZ, IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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