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Kismet Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047174
MRDS ID M242430
Record type Site
Current site name Kismet Property
Alternate or previous names Adelaine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61112, 38.08107 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 6E 30,31 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. EAST OF THE BRISTOL MINE. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61112, 38.08107
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike 0W
    Dip 40-60 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure (N60w, 45-60n); Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kismet Mining Co
    First year 1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT SHAFT; TUNNEL 50 FT WEST OF SHAFT; SHALLOW SHAFTS AND CUTS

Comments on development

  • 7 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 2 LOCATIONS WITH MOST DEVELOPMENT ON THE ADELAINE CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 137

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, MAPS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE WITH CERUSSITE AND COPPER CARBONATES REPLACING LIMESTONE ALONG FISSURE AND ALONG BEDDING PLANES ADJACENT TO IT. 50 FT W OF SHAFT, 1-1.5 FT OF CERUSSITE ORE CARRYING A LITTLE COPPER LIES PARALLEL TO BDDING WHICH DIPS 10 N. MOST OF THIS ORE CARRIES ZN CARBONATE (UP TO 19% ZN). OTHER SHALLOW SHAFTS AND CUTS ARE ON SMALL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS CARRYING PB AND CU CARBONATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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