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King Claims

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10111455
MRDS ID M233169
Record type Site
Current site name King Claims
Alternate or previous names Donnelly Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15484, 39.01603 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 034E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15484, 39.01603
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Regent District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Fred Donnelly,
    Home office Hawthorne, Nevada
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY ONE CARLOAD OF SHIPPING ORE REPORTED, AVERAGING ABOUT $40/TON IN AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTED OF A CROSSCUT TUNNEL 550 FEET LONG, A SHAFT 100 FEET DEEP, SEVERAL SHALLOWER SHAFTS, AND A NUMBER OF OPEN-CUTS.

Comments on development

  • SMALL STRINGER OF GOLD ORE WAS DISCOVERED IN AN OLD SHAFT BRINGING IN UP TO 100 MEN INTO THE AREA TO PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IS 60 TO 200 FEET WIDE, TRAVERSED WITH NUMEROUS SEAMS AND SMALL FISSURES FILLED WITH QUARTZ CARRYING GOLD, SILVER, LEAD, PYRITE, AND A LITTLE COPPER. MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A DIKE 40 TO 50 FEET WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. 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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