The Kay Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,020 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,020 Feet (1,530 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.46639, -118.17306
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Kay Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kay Mine
Secondary: Kay Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. F. Kleist, E. L. Nelson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW PITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COPPER STAINED QTZ. VEINS UP TO 1 FT. THICK, GENERALLY CONCORDANT WITH GENTLY DIPPING LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
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.
