| Deposit ID | 10111425 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M031202 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kansas Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Kansas Claims |
| Related records | 10295787 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.56669, 39.60187 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Relative position | SOUTH OF DEFIANCE PROSPECT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
White Pine(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kalamazoo Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Spring-Steptoe Valleys(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | White Pine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 20N | 66E | 09,17 | W2 (09) | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Actinolite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Result | MUCH OF THE ORE MINED AVERAGED 5% CU WITH SOME AG |
|---|
| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -114.56669, 39.60187 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fissures, Faults, Dikes |
| General form | POCKETS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Discoverer | Mr. Noe |
| District name | Aurum (Muncy Creek, Silver Mountain Subdistrict) |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M031202 |
HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH R., 1976 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85
NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 1.
USBM,1983, MILS DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S |
| Deposit | TACTITE IS DEVELOPED UP TO 15 FT OUT FROM SYENITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND SOME TACTITE CONTAINS HEMATITE, MAGNETITE, ACTINOLITE, CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, MALACHITE AND AZURITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1984 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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