Kinney Prospect

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047678
MRDS ID M243100
Record type Site
Current site name Kinney Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33402, 39.27102 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N;016N 032E;033E 0112;0607 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MILES EAST OF SAND SPRINGS ON SOUTH SIDE OF PASS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33402, 39.27102

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike SW
    Dip 50 SE
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT DEEP INCLINED SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN

Comments on development

  • A FEW TONS OF FAIR-GRADE ORE LAY ON DUMP IN 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, USGS OFR, GARSON SINK AREA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE IS COMPOSED OF LAMINATED AND BLADED QUARTZ AND ADULARIA PSEUDO MORPHIC AFTER CALCITE. IT IS MORE OR LESS VUGGY WITH SOME VUGS AND MUCH QUARTZ STAINED WITH BLACK MN OXIDE WITH WHICH MUCH OF THE GOLD IS ASSOCIATED. AT THE 50-FT DEPTH, A CONSIDERABLE BODY OF ORE RAN $28/TON AND CONTAINED SOME WIRE SILVER, BUT AT GREATER DEPTH, ORE AVERAGED ONLY $5/TON. BOTH COUNTRY ROCK WALLS CONTAIN QUARTZ STRINGERS OR SO CALLED FEEDERS THAT NEARLY PARALLEL THE VEIN AND AT ABOUT 75 FT TO THE NORTH ON THE FOOTWALL SIDE OCCURS A SUBORDINATE BUT SIMILAR VEIN WHICH PROBABLY ALSO CONTAINS ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-86 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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