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Mountain King

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125149
MAS/MILS ID 0320130025
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain King
Alternate or previous names Ed Knight:S, Knight

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.28516, 41.20879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2087
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(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 039 N 042 E 31 C SWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.28516, 41.20879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 11HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N55E:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 11
    Date of Last Modification 811112

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 431,1964,P111-112,PL.10

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 44,1946,P.28,PL.1

  • Deposit

    MIN. FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, P.116

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59,1964,TB19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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