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Killie Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046046
MRDS ID M233955
Record type Site
Current site name Killie Mine
Alternate or previous names Latham, Nevada Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.82199, 40.56992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position SUMMIT OF PASS KILLIE FLATS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 063E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N. OF SPRUCE MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Silication

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.82199, 40.56992
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Various Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Intersections

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevada Lead And Zinc Mining Co.
    First year 1920

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED UNDER $100,000 WORTH, INCLUDING SOME COPPER & SILVER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS; THE KILLIE SHAFT, SUNK PRIOR TO 1916; GLORY HOLE PIT, LATHAM TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • FEE, PATENTED CLAIM. INGOT MINING CO. ACQUIRED THE LATHAM AND OTHER MINES APTER 1871. THE KILLIE SHAFT WAS SUNK PRIOR TO 1916 BY THE SPRUCE MOUNTAIN COPPER CO. IN 1926 THE PROPERTY WAS REOPENED BY THE SPRUCE CONSOLIDATED MINES CO, AFTER BEING IDLE FOR 9 YEARS. IN LATE 1926, THE NEVADA LEAD & ZINC MINING CO. BECAME THE OWNER-OPERATOR. THE SHAFT WAS RECONDITIONED AND WORK WAS CARRIED ON AT 6 LEVELS, MOSTLY ABOVE THE 70 FT AND 120 FT LEVELS. MINESHUT DOWN IN 1930

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    SCHRAEDER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U. OF N. BULL. VOLXXV, NO. 7

  • Production

    SCHRADER (1931), P. 16-18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPRESSED METAL PRICES, THE MINE SHUT DOWN. THE ORE WAS TAKEN BY AERIAL TRAM 3900 FT TO THE ORE BIN AT THE BLACK FOREST LOWER ADIT AND FROM THERE 2900 FT BY TRAM TO THE TRUCK LOADING STATION. LATHAM PATENT IS MINERAL SURVEY NO. 38 (OFF. NO. 1460) KILLE PATENT IS MINERAL SURVEY NO. 46 (OFF. NO. 1468). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit LEAD-SILVER ORES WERE DISCOVERED IN 1869 AT THE LATHAM MINE. AFTER A MINING DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION IN 1871, THE INGOT MINING CO. ACQUIRED THE LATHAM AND OTHER MINES ALSO BUILDING A SMELTER AT SPRUCE MONT TO TREAT THE LEAD CARBONATE ORES. THIS FURNACE OPERATED FOR ABOUT A YEAR WITH VARIED RESULTS UNTIL IT SHUTDOWN. THE OLD MINE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ADITS & SHAFTS, ONE BEING 108 FT IN 1872. BEFORE 1916 THE KILLIE SHAFT WAS SUNK BY THE SPRUCE MOUNTAIN COPPER CO., EAST OF THE OLD WORKINGS AND AT A LOWER ELEVATION. IT WAS 220 FT, WITH A 1450 FT DRIFT CUTTING LIMESTONES AND THE GRANITE PORPHYRY. IN 1926 THE PROPERTY WAS REOPENED BY THE SPRUCE CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY AFTER BEING IDLE FOR 9 YEARS. IN LATE 1926 THE NEVADA LEAD AND ZINC MINING COMPANY BECAME THE OWNER-OPERATOR. THE SHAFT WAS RECONDITIONED AND WORK WAS CARRIED ON ON 6 LEVELS-TOTAL WORKINGS SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET. MOST ORK WAS CONDUCTED ABOVE THE 70 AND 120 FT LEVELS. THE GLORY HOLE PIT ALSO, LATHAM TUNNEL. IN 1930, WITHE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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