Summit King-Dan Tucker Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310503
MRDS ID M243115
MAS/MILS ID 0320010058
Record type Site
Current site name Summit King-Dan Tucker Mine
Alternate or previous names Summit King Mine, Dan Tucker Mine, NBMG Sample Site 3953, Wall Street Claim, Twilight Claim, High Diddle Diddle Claim, Double Ender Claim, Legal Tender Claim, Neglect Claim, NRA Fraction Claim, Tacoma Claim, Sunflower Claim, May Day Claim, Tramp Claim, Apex Claim, Woman of Peace Claim, Summit King Placer Claim, Sunset Placer Claim, Sunrise Placer Claim, Keystone Fraction Claim

Comments on the site identification

  • Material from MRDS record No. M243115 and MRDS record No. M231027 has been copied to this record. This record supersedes records M243115 and M231027.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.34374, 39.26852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1450
Relative position The property is located immediately south of U.S. Highway 50 about 50 km ESE of Fallon.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 032E 12 NW, 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • The mine area is located just south of Highway 50 at Sand Springs Pass.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: GOLD, CERARGYRITE, ARGENTITE
  • Gangue Materials: QUARTZ, SERICITE, PYRITE, CALCITE, IRON OXIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Argentite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) STRONG GOSSAN-LIKE OXIDATION

Analytical data

Result Sample 3953 contains 3% Fe, 0.2% Mg, 0.15% Ca, 0.2% Ti, 150 ppm Mn, 7 ppm Ag, 15 ppm B, 1000 ppm Ba, 10 ppm Co, 30 ppm Cu, 30 ppm Mo, 15 ppm Ni, 1.5 ppm Be 50 ppm Cr, 20 ppm Pb, 5 ppm Sc, 70 ppm V, 50 ppm Zr, and 0.05 ppm Au (by AA analysis)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock type qualifier dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock type qualifier dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.34374, 39.26852

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 70S
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • LARGE E-W SHEAR ZONE DIPPING STEEPLY SOUTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer C.W. Kinney And Brother
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1990
Production years 1912-present

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Carson City BLM Administrative District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Capri Resources, Ltd. owned in 1934 by Dan Tucker Mining Co. of Sand Springs.
    Year 1985
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS EXTEND TO A DEPTH OF 450 FT, SERVICED BY 3 SHAFTS, A CYANIDE MILL (RUINS REMAIN); AND MORE RECENTLY, HEAP LEACH

Comments on other economic factors

  • In 1939, reserves were reported as 15 Mt, assaying $3.50-4.50 per ton.
    Production from the mine in 1919 totalled 3 car loads of ore assaying $215-300 per ton; in 1927 1 Kt ore was produced; in 1940-41 and 1946-51 production totalled 20,895 oz Au and 1,262,255 oz Ag. There has probably been more unreported production from this property.

Comments on development

  • The property was developed from 1912 to present with sporadic production. The property lay idle after discovery in 1905 until 1912 when Leslie L. Leonard prospected it with good results, after which he and C.W. Kinney jointly sunk a 130-ft shaft and found the 8-ft vein carrying mill-grade ore all the way down with a payshoot dipping westerly. In 1919 the Martin brothers took a lease and bond on the property, sunk several more shafts and shipped 150 tons of $125-$300/t ore. They also opened several parallel veins containing rich pockets of cerargyrite ore. In 1923, channel samples over 3000 ft along the deposit by a N.Y. firm, averaged $15.80/ton in gold. In 1924 the mine was purchased by Senator N.H. Getchell who incorporated the property as the Dan Tucker Mining Co., who worked it and found 4 new 3-ft ore shoot. In 1927, the mine was said to be worked by lessees. In 1934, after several years idle the mine, under lease to Rosetta Mines Co. became active again. Some production was reported from the district in 1938 and 1940. The mine was owned and operated by Summit King mines, Ltd.in 1951. In 1985, Capri Resources Ltd. reported commencement of a major bulk sampling and 7-hole diamond drilling program on the Summit King property, fully funded by Tri-Basin Resources Ltd, who may earn up to a 50% interest in the property.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The mine area consists of a system of E-W veins in a shear zone that crosses the range. Veins cut Mesozoc and Tertiary metamorphic and volcanic rocks and andesite and rhyolite dikes that occupy many of the fault strands. Near the surface, the veins have a braided pattern and range in thickness from 2 to 10 ft. Veins consist of vuggy, fine-grained quartz, angular fault breccia, and locally abundant pyrite and calcite. Ore is mainly free-gold, cerargyrite, and argentite. Silver values reportedly increase with depth. Sample 3953 was collected from a shaft at the east end of the vein system, and consists of vuggy, iron-stained quartz and sericite without visible mineralization.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Reporter 01-MAY-2003 LAPOINTE, D.D. (TINGLEY, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

Beyond USGS

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