Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Gold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlVeins Occur Along Bedding Plane Faults.
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
StructureDecollement Fault Dipping Nnw Separates Quartzite From Cambrian Limestone And Shale., Complexly Folded And Faulted
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10008824
MRDS IDD001261
Alternate namesGold King Mine, Gold King Nos. 1 and 2 Claims, California Group.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.14994, -114.31752
References
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25.HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C.,JR.,AND SMITH,R.M.,1976, NBMG BULL 85, P. 46-47.STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; IN PREPARATION.STAMBAUGH, J.W. 1912, NBMG FILE 324, ITEM 1.USBM, 1963, NBMG FILE 324, ITEM 3NBMG FILE 324, CLIPPINGS- SEVERAL FROM ENG.AND MIN. JOUR.USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF 1244-ATERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM 11.) COUCH,B.F., & CARPENTER,J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P.1SMITH, 1976; STAGER,H.K.,IN PREP., COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, P. 150.