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Kernick Mine

Prospect in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037785
MRDS ID M035987
Record type Site
Current site name Kernick Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13344, 38.31799 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position APPROX. 2 MI SW OF SODAVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 05N 35E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Stibnite To White And Yellow Antimony Oxide

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    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) -118.13344, 38.31799
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Strike N35W
    Dip 50SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Grace Rogers
    Home office Mina, Nv.
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND GLORY HOLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRNECE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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