Mine detail: Silver King Mine

Previously called 'Kramer-Silver KingNBMG Sample Site 2306'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.93933, -117.31957

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Tungsten, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Antimony
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1920

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Comus Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M231258
DEP	10043949
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 59}{Deposit:: CARPEN, A.F., (1920) UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KRAMER PROPERTY, EAST GOLD RUN DIST HUMBLODT CO, NV., ON FILE AT NBMG, 131, ITEM 1}{Deposit:: USGS, 1974, MAP GO-1175}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 22 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, USBM I. C. 6995, P. 28-29.}{Production:: CARPER, A.F., 1920}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd, La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)