Mine detail: Desert King Mine

Previously called 'Desert King Shaft Bell Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.56378, -119.75156

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Anglesite, Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Illite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Propylization

References

MRDS	M231137
DEP	10043849
Reference	{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.C., HYDRO-THERMAL ACTIVITY IN THE VEINS AT WEDEKIND NEV, ENG. & MINING JOUR V 76, AUGUST 22, 1903, P 275-276.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., U.S.G.S. BULL 594, 1915}{Deposit:: OVERTON, T.D. MIN. RES., DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE C * NEV, NBMG BULL 46, 1947.}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.