The Kimberly Consolidated Mines is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Kimberly Consolidated Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kimberly Consolidated Mines
Secondary: Philadelphia Western
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Hilltop 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Depth
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES WERE MADE HERE UNTIL 1907, WHEN MATT SCOW DISCOVERED WIRE GOLD NEAR SOME OLD WORKINGS. IN 1913, KIMBERLEY CONSOLIDATED TOOK OVER HOLDINGS OF PHILADELPHIA WESTERN MINING CO. AND WAS THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER FOR THE DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HILLTOP NEVADA MINING CO. THEN TOOK IT OVER AND BUILT A 100-TON FLOTATION MILL AND POWER PLANT IN 1922 AND 1923, WHICH OPERATED ONLY A FEW MONTHS. IN 1934 IT WAS ACQUIRED BY STONE CABIN CONS. MINE CO. AND THE MILL WAS DISMANTLED AND MOVED TO DAYTON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): OVER $100,000 IN ORE
Comment (Deposit): MATT SCOW DISCOVERED WIRE GOLD NEAR SOME OLD WORKINGS
Comment (Workings): A 100-TON FLOTATION MILL AND POWER PLANT WERE BUILT IN 1922-23, BUT ONLY OPERATED FOR A FEW MONTHS
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. L., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88 PT II
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: USBM INFO CIRC 7043
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.
