Mine detail: Summit King-Dan Tucker Mine

Previously called 'Dan Tucker MineNBMG Sample Site 3953Wall Street ClaimTwilight ClaimHigh Diddle Diddle ClaimDouble Ender ClaimLegal Tender ClaimNeglect ClaimNRA Fraction ClaimTacoma ClaimSunflower ClaimMay Day ClaimTramp ClaimApex ClaimWoman of Peace ClaimSummit King Placer ClaimSunset Placer ClaimSunrise Placer ClaimKeystone Fraction ClaimSummit King Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.26852, -118.34374

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Gold, Cerargyrite, Argentite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite, Pyrite, Calcite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	vein/shear zone
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1912-present
First production started:	1912
Last production ended:	1990

Geology

Host type:	Metamorphic Rock,Metavolcanic Rock,Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	STRONG GOSSAN-LIKE OXIDATION

References

MRDS	M243115
MAS	320010058
DEP	10310503
Reference	{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 9 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE #13, ITEMS 2, 3}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, 10/30/85}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA}{Deposit:: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL 36, NO 19 MAY 8, MAY 29}{Deposit:: NBMG Map 91: 1st, 2nd, 3rd}{Deposit:: MASMILS 0320010058}{Deposit:: Correspondence, 1939 (NBMG MD13, I6)Mining Activities, 1940}{Deposit:: Mines Register, v. 20, 1940}{Deposit:: NBMG OFR 90-1,2,3}{Deposit:: Fallon Land Status, 1978}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd, La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), LAPOINTE, D.D. (TINGLEY, J.V.), Schruben, Paul G.