The Three Kids Deposit is a manganese mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Three Kids Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three Kids Deposit
Secondary: Manganese Inc. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Las Vegas
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Dimension stone - sandstone
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Open Syncline Striking Ne Cut By Nw Trending Lowney Fault. A Graben East Of The Fault Is A Downfaulted Eastern Limb Of The Syncline. Highest Grade Ore Found In A Fault Block Separated From The East Edge Of The Graben.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): FROM 1917 - 1961 MORE THAN 2,225,000 TONS OF ORE MINED AND TREATED, WITH 15 - 40 % MN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 35 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, TO 6,672 FT., AND A PROSPECT SHAFT 65 FEET DEEP, 3 OPEN PITS.
Comment (Geology): THE MN ORE IS A MIXTURE OF MN OXIDES ( WAD) FILLING PORES AND REPLACING THE SILT, UP TO 80 FT. THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 199 .
Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, R. R., 1959 , RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MN DEPOSITS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5446 , P. 8 - 9 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, C. R., ETAL, 1965 , P. 199 .
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.
