Klondike Mine & Mill

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173670
MAS/MILS ID 0320150621
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike Mine & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.12453, 39.30602 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 017 N 043 E 27 SWNESE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: KINGSTON CANYON SEC 27, T16N, R43E.

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.12453, 39.30602

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Brazos Metals, Inc.
    ID 2601632
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT. DATED JULY 8, 1981

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS \0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION \0

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, JOHN, 1980, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY: NBMG

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1980, P.33

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-88 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/07/1983
MSHA mine ID2601632
Mine name (MSHA)Klondike Mine
Current operatorImperial Klondike Joint Venture
Current controller (parent)Precious Metals Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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