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Silver King Well Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047253
MRDS ID M242525
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Well Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 100

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90613, 38.27356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver King Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 063E 21 PROJECTED FROM NORTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.90613, 38.27356
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E AND N 60 W
    Dip 75 NW AND 85 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures; Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver King (Sunnyside?) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6/14/81.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.M., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 82-9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N 45 E, 75 NW AND N 60 W, 85 SW FRACTURES CUTTING GRAY, FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE. SILICA AND CALCITE VEINING ALONG FRACTURES; BLACK AND BROWN JASPEROID WITH GOSSAN ON DUMP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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