King Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111470
MRDS ID M242817
Record type Site
Current site name King Claims
Alternate or previous names Nutter-Fitzgerald Prospect, Tungsten Prospect, NBMG Samples 2383

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63791, 41.34267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 039E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES SE OF MARY CLOUGH MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 USGS CHIP SAMPLES IN 1943 ASSAYED 0.98 AND 0.40 % WO3. NBMG SAMPLE 2283 IN 1985 CONTAINED 3 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 2000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM BI, 70 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 500 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Raspberry
    Rock description Raspberry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Granodiorite With Metasedimentary Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shon Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. J. Nutter And T. J. Fitzgerald In 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, DOZER CUTS, PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • SOME EXPLORATORY WORK IN 1940'S, NO ACTIVITY IN 1985 WHEN EXAMINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 11 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1972, UNPUB. REPORT ON THE CHARLESTON HILL DISTRICT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN 3 QUARTZITE BEDS OF THE WINNEMUCCA FM NEAR A GRANITE CONTACT. THE BEDS DO NOT CROP OUT, AND ARE ABOUT 2.5 FT THICK WHERE THEY ARE EXPOSED IN THE PITS. VERY LITTLE TACTITE DEVELOPMENT, WHERE THERE WERE LIMESTONE LENSES IN THE QUARTZITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS ALONG NARROW BEDDING PLANES IN THE HORNFELS. IN THE LIMITED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, SCHEELITE OCCURS IN 1-3 INCH BANDS EXTENDING ONLY A FEW TENS OF FEET AWAY FROM THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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