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Three Kids Deposit

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037203
MRDS ID M031085
Record type Site
Current site name Three Kids Deposit
Alternate or previous names Manganese Inc. Mine
Related records 10294575

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.91277, 36.09139 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NE OF HENDERSON, 8 MILES NW OF BOULDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Las Vegas Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
021S 063E 35,36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 205
USGS model code 30d
Deposit model name Dimension stone - sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Muddy Creek Formation
    Rock description Muddy Creek Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.91277, 36.09139
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Open Syncline Striking Ne Cut By Nw Trending Lowney Fault. A Graben East Of The Fault Is A Downfaulted Eastern Limb Of The Syncline. Highest Grade Ore Found In A Fault Block Separated From The East Edge Of The Graben.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MN ORE IS A MIXTURE OF MN OXIDES ( WAD) FILLING PORES AND REPLACING THE SILT, UP TO 80 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Las Vegas

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1917 - 1961 MORE THAN 2,225,000 TONS OF ORE MINED AND TREATED, WITH 15 - 40 % MN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 35 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, TO 6,672 FT., AND A PROSPECT SHAFT 65 FEET DEEP, 3 OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 199 .

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE, R. R., 1959 , RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MN DEPOSITS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5446 , P. 8 - 9 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, C. R., ETAL, 1965 , P. 199 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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