Las Vegas District
Overview
Other Names: Three Kids
County: Clark
Discovered: 1917
Commodities: manganese, lead, zinc, copper, gypsum
Comments
The Las Vegas district is about 16 miles southeast of the city of Las Vegas in the northern River Mountains. Lincoln (1923) included only the manganese mines in the River Mountains, east of Henderson (Three Kids is the major mine) in this district. Longwell and others (1965) enlarged the district to include the Frenchman Mountain area.
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 21; Stoddard, 1932, p. 25; Vanderburg, 1937b, p. 54; Gianella, 1945, p. 28; Averett, 1962, p. 62; Longwell and others, 1965, p. 132, 146-147; Papke, 1987, p. 11-13
Las Vegas Placer District Description
Location
Location: Along the former drainage of Las Vegas Wash, now inundated by Lake Mead, T. 21 S., R. 64 E.
Topographic Maps
Henderson 15-minute quadrangle.
Geologic Maps
Longwell, Pampeyan, Bowyer, and Roberts, 1965, Geologic map of Clark County, Nevada (pi. 1), scale 1 : 250,000.
Access
From Las Vegas, 16 miles southeast on U.S. Highway 95 to Henderson; from Henderson, about 8 miles northeast on State High- way 41 to vicinity of Las Vegas Beach, south of Las Vegas Wash.
Extent
Unknown. A few reports indicate that gold occurred in gravels along Las Vegas Wash, a tributary to the Colorado River, now inundated by Lake Mead.
Production History
Placer gold was produced from the Las Vegas district in 1905. In 1909 the Empire Gold Dredging Co. of Los Angeles controlled 1,440 acres of placer ground in Las Vegas Wash on which they planned to install a large dredge. These plans were not implemented.
Source
Unknown.
Literature
Mining World, 1909: Reports plans to dredge gold-bearing sands in Las Vegas Wash.
Leadville District
Overview
County: Washoe
Discovered: 1909
Commodities: gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc
Comments
Located about 38 miles north of Gerlach, in the vicinity of Hog Ranch Mountain. Historically, silver and lead were the main products of mines in this district; production is now gold and silver.
References
Hill, 1912, p. 225; Lincoln, 1923, p. 236; Stoddard, 1932, p. 83; Overton, 1947, p. 67; Bonham, 1969, p. 67
Lee District (Elko County)
Overview
Other Names: Ruby Mountain, Ruby Range
County: Elko
Discovered: 1869
Commodities: lead, zinc, copper, silver, gold, barite
Comments
Located in Long Canyon and Segunda Creek Canyon on the west side of the Ruby Range. Lee is sometimes included in large Ruby Range and Ruby Mountain Range districts.
References
Stoddard, 1932, p. 34; Gianella, 1945, p. 43; Granger and others, 1957, p. 104; Smith, 1976, p. 102, 146; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 148
Lee District (Nye County)
Overview
Other Names: Big Dune, Bare Mountain, Lee-Echo
County: Nye
Commodities: gold, titanium
Comments
The Lee District is located 8 miles east of Leeland (a station on old T&TRR) and west of the Big Dune (a sand dune) in the Amargosa Desert. The district covers an area of low hills in the Amargosa desert adjacent to the California-Nevada state line. Kral (1951) included this area in his Fluorine (Bare Mountain) district. The Nevada Mining Investor (1907) referred to this district as the Lee-Echo.
References
Nevada Mining Investor, April 1, 1907, 7:1; Hill, 1912, p. 220; Lincoln, 1923, p. 173; Stoddard, 1932, p. 32, 64; Kral, 1951, p. 60; Beal, 1963, p. 19; Cornwall, 1972, p. 38
