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King Midas ?

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese, Silver
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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. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149148
MRDS ID M032021
MAS/MILS ID 0320170433
Record type Site
Current site name King Midas ?
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 1568 and 1714
Related records 10037340

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.68554, 37.92636 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ely Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 065 E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.68554, 37.92636
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ely Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1952-1955
    Description 8 Oz Gold, 7172 Oz Silver Produced 1952-1955
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 248.82g
    Major Silver Silver 223074.16g
  • Year 1955
    Description 800 Lbs Lead And 1600 Lbs Zinc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 725.74mt
    Trace Lead Lead 362.87mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, P. 173-174.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1994 Stevenson 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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