K & K Mine

The K & K Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: K & K Mine
Secondary: Aurum Co.
Secondary: Red Devil
Secondary: Golconda Quicksilver
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2445

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat District

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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Frank, Chris, And Cleto Bengea

Owner Name: Davey And Bengo Brothers
Years: 1955 -

Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 5 LB./TON OF QUICKSILVER OVER 3-FT WIDTH OF ONE VEIN. SAMPLE 2445 CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 70 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 5 PPM CU,- 30 PPM LA, 7 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 20 PPM -V, 10 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SMALL RESERVES (1953)

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT; ADITS. IN 1985, REMAINS OF A 3-PIPE ROSSI RETORT WERE ON THE PROPERTY. OPEN CUT ABOVE RETORT AND ON TOP OF HILL. INCLIN-ED SHAFT AT TOP OF HILL ABOVE RETORT AREA TRENDS DUE EAST AT 4-3 DEGREES AND MAY CONNECT WITH ADIT LOWER DOWN WEST SIDE OF HI-LL. SHAFT CAVED ABOUT 20 FT DOWN. SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS ON HIL-L AND LOW DOWN ON EAST SIDE. ADIT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT DOWN SL-OPE FROM RETORT.

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR WAS DISCOVERED HERE ON SO. PACIFIC LAND IN 1941. THE 197-ACRE PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT BY M. ESTRIDGE, AND A 40-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WAS SUNK, WITH NO PRODUCTION. AFTER ESTRIDGE'S DEATH, THE PROPERTY REVERTED TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY FROM WHOM IT WAS BOUGHT IN 1950 BY C. KASSEBAUM, WHO RECOVERED A SMALL AMOUNT OF HG USING A RETORT & CONDENSER IN 1953. IN 1955, LESSEES DAVEY AND BENGO BROS. DROVE A 310-FT ADIT AND RAISE AND BUILT A CRUSHER, STAMP MILL AND 2 CONCENTRATING TABLES AT STONE CORRAL, 2 1/2 MILES E. OF THE CORRAL WHERE THEY PLANNED TO CONCENTRATE THE CINNABAR BEFORE ROASTING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): JUST SE OF CENTER OF SEC. 5

Comment (Production): 5 STAMP MILL, JAW CRUSHER, AND TWO CONCENTRATING TABLES AT STONE CORRAL (1955)

Comment (Deposit): 197 ACRE-PROPERTYMEDIUM BROWN HORNFELS WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS. GROUND APPEARS TO BE HIGHLY SHEARED IN PLACES AND QUARTZ VEINLETS MAY -BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHEARS. ROCK AROUND BASE OF ORE BIN I-S COMPOSED OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DIORITE DIKE, ALSO WITH QUARTZ- VEINLETS.

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR MINERALIZATION IS MOST INTENSE IN THE 90-FT WIDE ALTERATION ZONE IN FAULT ZONE. CINNABAR OCCURS IN BRECCIATED QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINLETS ALONG FAULT CONTACT. CINNABAR GRAINS ALSO OCCUR IN FRACTURED & ALTERED ROCK, AND IN APPARENTLY BARREN ROCK WHERE IT IS VERY FINE-GRAINED.

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NEV. U. BULL. VOL 38 NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41

Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4-23-85.

Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.

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.