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Kelly Mines, Inc.

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Silver, Platinum
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040616
MRDS ID M055460
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Mines, Inc.
Related records 10173902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.02621, 37.62355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI SOUTHEAST OF DYER NEAR WHITE WOLF CANYON, Est Imated Within Section Given In Report

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Station Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 036E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION INFORMATION IS CONFLICTING. TOWNSHIP GIVEN IS SOUTHEAST OF DYER NEAR GOOD HOPE DISTRICT BUT FISH LAKE VALLEY DISTIRCT, IN WHICH THIS DEPOSIT IS SUPPOSEDLY LOCATED, IS NORTHWEST OF DYER. GOOD HOPE DISTRICT LOCATION IS PRESUMED CORRECT BECAUSE OF MENTION OF THE DEPOSIT BEING NEAR WHITE WOLF CANYON, WHICH IS IN GOOD HOPE DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.02621, 37.62355
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGY PROVIDED IN REPORT; LOCATION IS WITHIN FISH LAKE VALLEY WHICH IS UNDERLAIN BY ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Good Hope District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. B. Layne .
    Home office Box 458, Beatty, Nv. 89003. H. E. Fyffe, Manager
    First year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORATION IN 1969, BUT OPERATION CEASED IN AUGUST, 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION LIES WITHIN VALLEY WHERE ROCKS ARE QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM. POSSIBLE PLACER OPERATION?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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