Klondike Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047157
MRDS ID M242409
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike Mine
Alternate or previous names Kingston Canyon Property
Related records 10310315

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.13537, 39.22714 (WGS84)
Relative position ACROSS THE VALLEY WEST OF THE VICTORINE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brewer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 043E 22,27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.13537, 39.22714

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 25 N
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 1524M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Brazos Industries,
    First year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Homestake
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, MORE RECENT SURFACE WORK.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1981, UNDERGROUND MINE, ROOM AND PILLAR OPERATION ON "FLAT" STRUCTURE CREW OF 4 HAD PUT IN 2000 FT OF NEW WORKINGS IN PAST YEAR (1980-1981). HOMESTAKE MINING CO. LAST LEASED THE PROPERTY FROM PRECIOUS METALS INC, WHO HAD IT UNDER THE NAME OF IMPERIAL KLONDIKE JOINT VENTURE, JOHN O'BOYLE, JR., LOCK BOX 34, 717 N. HARWOOD, DALLAS, TX 75201.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 88, 1977

  • Deposit

    SIZER, F.L., 1893, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KINGSTON GROUP OF MINES; NBMG FILES.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, A.H., 1909, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KINGSTON PROPERTY

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 21, 1981.

  • Deposit

    STANLEY, W., HOMESTAKE MINING CO., ORAL COMMUNICATION, 11/14/84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND SILVER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS. ORE OCCURS AS POCKETS AND VEINLIKE MASSES OF QUARTZ ALONG A SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE IN LIMESTONE, CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 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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