The Kelly Mines, Inc. is a platinum, silver, gold, and mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,879 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
Elevation: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)
Commodity: Platinum, Silver, Gold, Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.62361, -118.02528
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Kelly Mines, Inc. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelly Mines, Inc.
Commodity
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Good Hope 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. B. Layne .
Home Office: Box 458, Beatty, Nv. 89003. H. E. Fyffe, Manager
Years: 1969 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORATION IN 1969, BUT OPERATION CEASED IN AUGUST, 1969
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION LIES WITHIN VALLEY WHERE ROCKS ARE QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM. POSSIBLE PLACER OPERATION?
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM
Comment (Location): LOCATION INFORMATION IS CONFLICTING. TOWNSHIP GIVEN IS SOUTHEAST OF DYER NEAR GOOD HOPE DISTRICT BUT FISH LAKE VALLEY DISTIRCT, IN WHICH THIS DEPOSIT IS SUPPOSEDLY LOCATED, IS NORTHWEST OF DYER. GOOD HOPE DISTRICT LOCATION IS PRESUMED CORRECT BECAUSE OF MENTION OF THE DEPOSIT BEING NEAR WHITE WOLF CANYON, WHICH IS IN GOOD HOPE DISTRICT
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGY PROVIDED IN REPORT; LOCATION IS WITHIN FISH LAKE VALLEY WHICH IS UNDERLAIN BY ALLUVIUM
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
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.
