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Lead King Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103557
MRDS ID M031027
Record type Site
Current site name Lead King Mine
Related records 10246305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.97889, 36.31971 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Relative position 14 MILES NE OF LAS VEGAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apex(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Las Vegas Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
019S 063E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.97889, 36.31971
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 60 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeability Of Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE 1 - 4 FT. THICK IN LIMESTONE, CUT OFF AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT BY A NEARLY HORIZONTAL BEDDING FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dike

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF 2 CARLOADS OF ORE AVERAGING 59 % PB REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 73.15M
    Overall depth 73.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 242 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, WITH 3 LEVELS OF OPENINGS. SKETCH MAP OF MINE AVAILABLE IN LONGWELL ETAL, 1965 , PAGE 145

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 180

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD KING MINE INCLUDES 4 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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