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Virgin River

Prospect in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Sulfur
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294886
MRDS ID M031088
MAS/MILS ID 0320030009
Record type Site
Current site name Virgin River
Alternate or previous names Daniel Boneili, White Basin, Three Kids Mine
Related records 10037205

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.45862, 36.1944 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 S 067 E 15 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • RECORD 010 WITHIN LAKE MEAD RECREATIONAL AREA CLAIMS MAY BE PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO SECS 13 23 24 25 26 RECORD 060 FINE LATITE TUFF BEDS OCCURR IN THE ORE RECORD 070 MANGANESE WAD IS COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF OXIDE MI RECORD 080 MANGANESE OCCURS IN LENSES WITHIN THE ORE BODY MATRIX RECORD COMMODITY 10 WATER INCLUDES LOI RECORDS 020 AND 021 PROPERTY IS BEING LIQUIDATED GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 61 KM EAST OF LAS VEGAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.45862, 36.1944
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 7M
    Length 1460M
    Width 260M
    Depth to top 39M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N05W:30E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 24
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820222
  • Area 65HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 65
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • 4.5 M THICK BASALT FLOW SEPARATES 2 MANGANIFEROUS BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name Virgin River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Other
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. National Park Service
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1985

Comments on the production information

  • MILL WILL BE FED BY THE 4 DEPOSITS: FIRST 6 YEARS: 2000MT DAY FROM 3 KIDS, 1000 MT FROM VIRGIN YEAR 7: 2000 MT DAY FROM 3 KIDS, 1000 MT DAY FROM FANNIE LAST 15 YEARS: 1770 MT DAY FROM 3 KIDS, 1230 MT FROM BOULDER MILL OUTPUT FOR 22 YEARS WILL BE 502 MT/DAY OF 46% MN NODULES 56.81/MT ORE INCLUDES $1.981MT RAIL TRANSPORT COST.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Measured 290200mt ore
    Demonstrated 290200mt ore
    Total resources 290200mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 10 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1949
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Measured 195000mt ore
    Demonstrated 195000mt ore
    Total resources 195000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 12 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1949
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Measured 121500mt ore
    Demonstrated 121500mt ore
    Total resources 121500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 13 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1949
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Measured 49900mt ore
    Demonstrated 49900mt ore
    Total resources 49900mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 15 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1949
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Measured 12699mt ore
    Demonstrated 12699mt ore
    Total resources 12699mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 17 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1949

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TONNAGES ARE CUMULATIVE AND REPRESENT A MINING WIDTH OF .95M

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 65HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .75
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 40
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Secondary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Tertiary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 9
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 1400
    Unit Production Cost 18.17
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    407. MCKELVEY, V. E., J. H. WIESE, AND V. H. JOHNSON.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE BEDDED MANGANESE OF THE LAKE

  • Reserve-Resource

    MEADE REGION, NEVADA AND ARIZONA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULL. 948-D, 1949, PP. 83-101.

  • Deposit

    9. ALLEN, G. L., J. H. JACOBS, AND J. W. HUNTER.

  • Deposit

    UTILIZATION OF THREE KIDS MANGANESE ORE IN PRODUCTION OF

  • Deposit

    ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE. BUMINES RI 3815, 1945, 78

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    262. HENN, J. J., R. C. KIRBY, AND L. D. NORMAN, JR.

  • Deposit

    REVIEW OF MAJOR PROPOSED PROCESSES FOR RECOVERY OF

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE FROM U.S. RESOURCES. BUMINES IC 8368, 1968, 36

  • Deposit

    267. HEWETT, D. F., AND B. N. WEBBER. BEDDED DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE OXIDES NEAR LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 13, 1931, 17 PP.

  • Deposit

    291. HUNT, C. B., V. E. MCKELVEY, AND J. H. WIESE. THE

  • Deposit

    THREE KIDS MANGANESE DISTRICT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. BULL. 936-L, 1942, PP. 293-319.

  • Deposit

    327. JOHNSON, A. C., AND R. R. TRENGOVE. THE THREE KIDS

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE DEPOSIT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA--EXPLORATION,

  • Deposit

    MINING AND PROCESSING. BUMINES RI 5209, 1956, 31 PP.

  • Deposit

    353. KING, W. H., J. H. SOULE, AND R. R. TRENGOVE.

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATION OF VIRGIN RIVER MANGANESE DEPOSIT, CLARK

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 4471, 1949, 6 PP.

  • Deposit

    386. LONGWELL, C. R., E. H. PAMPEYAN, B. BOWYER, AND R. J.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 62, 1965, 218

  • Deposit

    547. PARDEE, J. T., AND E. L. JONES, JR. DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE ORE IN NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 710-F, 1920, PP. 158-248.

  • Deposit

    721. TRENGOVE, R. R. RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5446, 1959, 40 PP.

  • Deposit

    726. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (WITH THE COOPERATION OF U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV.). MATERIALS SURVEY -- MANGANESE. MATER.

  • Deposit

    SURV. 10, 1952, 538 PP.

  • Deposit

    733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

  • Deposit

    JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Overbay, D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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