The Kindergarten and Wihuja Mines is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.46556, -118.78500
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Kindergarten and Wihuja Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kindergarten and Wihuja Mines
Secondary: Tyler Shaft
Secondary: Kindergarten Shaft
Secondary: Ivor, Idwal, Llewelyn, and Idris Claims
Secondary: Seven Troughs Coalition Mining Co Property After 1908
Secondary: Kindergarten Therien Group
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2816.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Seven Troughs District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Year: 1908
Time Period: 1908-Present
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.25 Oz/T Au, 4.0 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1905
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: A Series Of Subparallel Nne-Trending Faults; Folding
Type: L
Description: Vein Has Been Faulted; Nne-Trend Faults And East-Trending Faults Which Displace Them.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: 2 Separate Alteration Events; Pervasive Propylitic And Later Argillic Along Fault Zones.
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 13.700000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 13.700000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 13.700000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 13.700000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 13.700000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE KINDERGARTEN AND WIHUJA MINES BOTH LIE ON THE SAME VEIN AND THEIR WORKINGS ARE CONNECTED. THE KINDERGARTEN MINE (KINDERGARTEN MINING CO.) IS DEVELOPED BY A TUNNEL, INCLINED SHAFT AND VERTICAL SHAFT. THE WIHUJA (THERIEN MINING CO.) IS OPENED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT. OTHER LEASES ON THERIEN GROUND INCLUDE THE BARD AND JESS, TYLER, AND SANDIFER LEASES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Commodity): AU:AG RATIO 1:2 TO 1:3 NEAR SURFACE; 1:1 AT BOTTOM. ELECTRUM SOMETIMES COATS SURFACES OF PYRITE CRYSTALS.
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE AT ONE OF MAJOR SHAFTS. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): SOFT, ALTERED AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT AND DENSE OLIVINE BASALT WHICH CROSSCUTS THE SOFTER FLOW ROCK. MASSES OF SOFT, LIGHT RHYOLITIC ROCK OCCUR SPORADICALLY ALONG THE VEIN. AT THE NE END OF THE MINE, THE VEIN HAS BEEN CUT OFF BY A ZONE OF N-S FISSURES (NON-ORE-BEARING). VEINS ARE GENERALLY SOFT FRIABLE MATERIAL, SUGARY QUARTZ WITH COARSE VISIBLE GOLD, AND OTHER MINOR SULFIDES. VEINS HAVE BEEN CRUSHED BY LATER FAULT MOVEMENT. ALTHOUGH THE VEINS THEMSELVES ARE CONTINUOUS FOR THOUSANDS OF FEET, ONLY SMALL PORTIONS OF THEM CONTAIN ORE GRADE MATERIAL. VEINS FOLLOW FAULT ZONES. LARGEST OREBODY FOUND IN THE DISTRICT WAS IN THE KINDERGARTEN VEIN AND CONTAINED 100000 TONS OF ORE. ORE WAS STOPED HERE CONTINUOUSLY ALONG STRIKE FOR 500 FT. THE GREATEST VERTICAL EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION WAS ALSO AT THE KINDERGARTEN WHERE AU-AG ORE WAS STOPED OVER A VERTICAL INTERVAL OF 800 FT. ORE BODIES WERE LOCALIZED WHERE STRIKE-SLIP CROSS-FAULTS INTERSECTED THE MAIN NNE-TRENDING STRUCTURE.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL AND INCLINED SHAFT IN 1908; VERTICAL SHAFT; OTHER SHAFTS AND THOUSANDS OF FEET OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Development): CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1905 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SEVEN TROUGHS CANYON AND SOLD TO THE DISTRICT'S MAIN PROMOTER L. A. FRIEDMAN IN 1906-1907, WHO SHORTLY THEREAFTER ORGANIZED THE KINDERGARTEN MINING CO., WHICH BOUGHT THE ADJACENT WESTERN CLAIMS (LOOKOUT 3, 5, 6) FROM THE SEVEN TROUGHS THERIEN CO. SEVEN TROUGHS KINDERGARTEN MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1908. MINING CONTINUED SPORADICALLY THROUGHOUT THE 1920'S WHILE THE DEEP TUNNEL WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND IN THE 1930'S THE DUMPS AND TAILINGS WERE REWORKED. THE COMPANY WAS REORGANIZED AND RENAMED SEVERAL TIMES (I.E., NEVADA STATE GOLD MINES WAS SUCCESSOR TO THE SEVEN TROUGHS MINING CO.), AND MUCH OF THE LATER MINING WORK WAS DONE BY LESSEES.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242810, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. U., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 6902, P. 37-39.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO.
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, M. A., 1972, THE STGORY OF SEVEN TROUGHS, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA - HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, NO. 3: USGS AND NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 6 SEPT 84, NBMG FIELD EXINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): BRUCE, W. R., 1980, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SEVEN TROUGHS MINING DISTRICT; PERSHING CO., NV: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIP GUIDE, UNPUB.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH B. F. AND CARPENTER, J. A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940 INCLUSIVE): NBMG BULL: 38, P. 37-39.
Reference (Deposit): SILBERMAN, M. L., JOHNSON, M. G., KOSKI, R. A., AND ROBERTS, R. J., 1973, K-AR AGES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS AT WONDER, SEVEN TROUGHS, IMLAY, TEN MILE AND ADELAIDE MINING DISTRICTS IN CENTRAL NEVADA: ISOCHRON/WEST, NO. 8, P. 31-35.
Reference (Production): BRUCE, 1980; JOHNSON, 1977.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 87-89.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 414, P. 19-25.
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.
