Kansas Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Iron, Sulfur
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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -114.56669, 39.60187 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position SOUTH OF DEFIANCE PROSPECT

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 20N 66E 09,17 W2 (09) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 CLAIMS SOUTH OF DEFIANCE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Lead Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication Of Limestone Along Dikes.

Analytical data

Result MUCH OF THE ORE MINED AVERAGED 5% CU WITH SOME AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56669, 39.60187

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Faults, Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Fissures, W & N Trending

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Mr. Noe

Mining district

District name Aurum (Muncy Creek, Silver Mountain Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LARGEST POCKET NOTED WAS 15 TO 20 FT WIDE AND ABOUT 200 FT LONG. DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES NUMBER OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS ; INCLINE SHAFT 70 FT DEEP, DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    USBM,1983, MILS DATA

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.