Virgin River

The Virgin River is a mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 1,440 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Virgin River
Secondary: Daniel Boneili
Secondary: White Basin
Secondary: Three Kids Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Sulfur

Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Virgin River

Land Status

Land ownership: National Recreation Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Unknown
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. National Park Service
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1985

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Mica
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Bentonite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): TONNAGES ARE CUMULATIVE AND REPRESENT A MINING WIDTH OF .95M

Comment (Production): 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.

Comment (Geology): 4.5 M THICK BASALT FLOW SEPARATES 2 MANGANIFEROUS BEDS.

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.

Comment (Location): 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.

References

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 710-F, 1920, PP. 158-248.

Reference (Deposit): 721. TRENGOVE, R. R. RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE

Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE ORE IN NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): 547. PARDEE, J. T., AND E. L. JONES, JR. DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 62, 1965, 218

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): 386. LONGWELL, C. R., E. H. PAMPEYAN, B. BOWYER, AND R. J.

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 4471, 1949, 6 PP.

Reference (Deposit): INVESTIGATION OF VIRGIN RIVER MANGANESE DEPOSIT, CLARK

Reference (Deposit): 353. KING, W. H., J. H. SOULE, AND R. R. TRENGOVE.

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND PROCESSING. BUMINES RI 5209, 1956, 31 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE DEPOSIT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA--EXPLORATION,

Reference (Deposit): 327. JOHNSON, A. C., AND R. R. TRENGOVE. THE THREE KIDS

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. BULL. 936-L, 1942, PP. 293-319.

Reference (Deposit): JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): 88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

Reference (Deposit): 733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): SURV. 10, 1952, 538 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV.). MATERIALS SURVEY -- MANGANESE. MATER.

Reference (Deposit): 726. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (WITH THE COOPERATION OF U.S.

Reference (Deposit): THREE KIDS MANGANESE DISTRICT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): 291. HUNT, C. B., V. E. MCKELVEY, AND J. H. WIESE. THE

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 13, 1931, 17 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE OXIDES NEAR LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): 267. HEWETT, D. F., AND B. N. WEBBER. BEDDED DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): REVIEW OF MAJOR PROPOSED PROCESSES FOR RECOVERY OF

Reference (Deposit): 262. HENN, J. J., R. C. KIRBY, AND L. D. NORMAN, JR.

Reference (Deposit): PP.

Reference (Deposit): ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE. BUMINES RI 3815, 1945, 78

Reference (Deposit): UTILIZATION OF THREE KIDS MANGANESE ORE IN PRODUCTION OF

Reference (Deposit): 9. ALLEN, G. L., J. H. JACOBS, AND J. W. HUNTER.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULL. 948-D, 1949, PP. 83-101.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MEADE REGION, NEVADA AND ARIZONA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE BEDDED MANGANESE OF THE LAKE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 407. MCKELVEY, V. E., J. H. WIESE, AND V. H. JOHNSON.

Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE FROM U.S. RESOURCES. BUMINES IC 8368, 1968, 36

Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5446, 1959, 40 PP.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.