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Silver King Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10046729
MRDS ID M241932
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Claims
Alternate or previous names Speculator, Silver King, Silver Knight, Golden Spear, Possibility, President Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.1898, 37.91133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 043E 29,30 E2 (30); NE (29) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 9 CLAIMS, 8 PATENTED, 180 ACRES, ABOUT 3.0 AIR MILES EAST OF ROUTE 95 AND 1.3 AIR MILES WEST OF THE NYE COUNTY LINE. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SAID TO AVERAGE $12-$18 IN AG AND PB (1922)

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
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Klondyke
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Klondyke
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.1898, 37.91133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 30
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marinette Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1922

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 600 FT INCLINE TO A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 200 FT WITH 1500 FT TOTAL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • SHIPMENTS WERE MADE BY COMPANY OWNING PROPERTY PRIOR TO 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P. 130-132

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P. 1249

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN 1-4 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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