Description
G. E. Pritchard
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryGold, Silver
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFracture
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Linarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble,Greenstone · Excelsior Formation;Excelsior Formation
Associated rockGranite
StructureFracture. Post-Mineral Movement Has Produced Gouge Along Hanging Wall, And Has Crushed The Vein Material.
AlterationSilicified Wallrock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1907
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10045455
MRDS IDM233199
Alternate namesMountain King
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.46048, -118.66457
References
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941HILL, 1915, MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.ROSS, 1961