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Lead King Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045823
MRDS ID M233661
Record type Site
Current site name Lead King Claim
Alternate or previous names Lead Duke No. 1.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41284, 38.32105 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tybo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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

Comments on the location information

  • IN MUSIC CANYON ABOUT 1.75 MILES N OF RAWHIDE MTN. NORTH PEAK. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41284, 38.32105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Junction Of Several Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tybo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • OLD PROSPECT RELOCATED AS LEAD DUKE IN 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO, NV: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS).

  • Deposit

    QUINLIVAN AND ROGERS 1970, O.F. MAP-USGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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