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Kietzke Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044331
MRDS ID M231729
Record type Site
Current site name Kietzke Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.1995, 38.02606 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position 1.6 MILES W-SW OF REVEILLE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 51E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Sericitization, Chloritization Of Quartz Latite Porphyry Intrusive. Silicification Of Brecciated Fault Zone.

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 10-40 OZ/TON AG, UP TO 90 OZ/TON AG. RECENT ASSAYS SHOW A TRACE TO 0.7 OZ/TON AU, AND A TRACE TO 88 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Steep East-Striking Fault Brecciated Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIA PIPE OF HETEROGENEOUS CHLORITE BRECCIA JUST SOUTH OF MINE AT INTERSECTION OF SEVERAL FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reveille District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gary Grauberger (Lessee,
    Last year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kietzke, Mrs. Lou F.
    Home office Shasta, Ca
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Reppert, Florence, Neal, Helene And Frank, Phyllis (Daughters Of Frank Kietzke)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 688.85M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60-FT UPPER AND 2200-FT LOWER TUNNEL CONNECTED BY ONE OR MORE WINZES.

Comments on development

  • 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    RUNNELS, DONALD D., 1971, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE REVEILLE MINING DISTRICT, NYE CO., NV: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 246, ITEM 5.

  • Deposit

    KRAL,V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P.144.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS OF QUARTZ,BEARING AG AND CU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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