Mine detail: Silver King Mine

Previously called 'Kratz Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.64297, -114.63006

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1885

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Diamond Peak Formation
Host type:	Schist,Shale
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Silicification

References

MRDS	M233418
DEP	10045634
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}{Deposit:: SCHRADER F.C. (1912) A RECOMM. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.}{Production:: SCHRADER, F.C., (1912,1935)}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.