Tungsten King Claim

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125648
MAS/MILS ID 0320230041
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten King Claim
Alternate or previous names Tungsten King, Star No. 1 Claim, Warfield Inc. Tungsten Properties, Tungsten King Group, Midway Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.22513, 39.02552 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 042 E 35 SWSWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.22513, 39.02552

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 950510

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Barium Products And Mining Co. (R. M. Duhme)
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 206.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 65, 1963,

  • Deposit

    P. 158-159.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS ARSENIC, GOLD, BISMUTH, CADMIUM, GALLIUM, TELLURIUM, SELENIUM. SKARN DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-95 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.