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Kelly Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037344
MRDS ID M032025
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Mine
Related records 10295459

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.78225, 37.15747 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES S OF GROOM LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Papoose Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahranagat Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
09S 55E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF PAPOOSE RANGE. UTM IS TO MAIN ADIT NEAR MINE BUILDINGS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. UNSURVEYED AREA IN DESERT WILDLIFE RANGE AND NELLIS A-IR FORCE RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.78225, 37.15747
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Complexly Faulted

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Papoose

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADITS, AND PROSPECT PITS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN, EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Production

    TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT UNORGANIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 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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