The Killie Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,901 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,901 Feet (2,713 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.57, -114.82111
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Killie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Killie Mine
Secondary: Latham
Secondary: Nevada Lead
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Spruce Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Lead And Zinc Mining Co.
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1869
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Various Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Silication
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPRESSED METAL PRICES, THE MINE SHUT DOWN. THE ORE WAS TAKEN BY AERIAL TRAM 3900 FT TO THE ORE BIN AT THE BLACK FOREST LOWER ADIT AND FROM THERE 2900 FT BY TRAM TO THE TRUCK LOADING STATION. LATHAM PATENT IS MINERAL SURVEY NO. 38 (OFF. NO. 1460) KILLE PATENT IS MINERAL SURVEY NO. 46 (OFF. NO. 1468). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): ADITS, SHAFTS; THE KILLIE SHAFT, SUNK PRIOR TO 1916; GLORY HOLE PIT, LATHAM TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): LEAD-SILVER ORES WERE DISCOVERED IN 1869 AT THE LATHAM MINE. AFTER A MINING DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION IN 1871, THE INGOT MINING CO. ACQUIRED THE LATHAM AND OTHER MINES ALSO BUILDING A SMELTER AT SPRUCE MONT TO TREAT THE LEAD CARBONATE ORES. THIS FURNACE OPERATED FOR ABOUT A YEAR WITH VARIED RESULTS UNTIL IT SHUTDOWN. THE OLD MINE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ADITS & SHAFTS, ONE BEING 108 FT IN 1872. BEFORE 1916 THE KILLIE SHAFT WAS SUNK BY THE SPRUCE MOUNTAIN COPPER CO., EAST OF THE OLD WORKINGS AND AT A LOWER ELEVATION. IT WAS 220 FT, WITH A 1450 FT DRIFT CUTTING LIMESTONES AND THE GRANITE PORPHYRY. IN 1926 THE PROPERTY WAS REOPENED BY THE SPRUCE CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY AFTER BEING IDLE FOR 9 YEARS. IN LATE 1926 THE NEVADA LEAD AND ZINC MINING COMPANY BECAME THE OWNER-OPERATOR. THE SHAFT WAS RECONDITIONED AND WORK WAS CARRIED ON ON 6 LEVELS-TOTAL WORKINGS SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET. MOST ORK WAS CONDUCTED ABOVE THE 70 AND 120 FT LEVELS. THE GLORY HOLE PIT ALSO, LATHAM TUNNEL. IN 1930, WITHE
Comment (Development): FEE, PATENTED CLAIM. INGOT MINING CO. ACQUIRED THE LATHAM AND OTHER MINES APTER 1871. THE KILLIE SHAFT WAS SUNK PRIOR TO 1916 BY THE SPRUCE MOUNTAIN COPPER CO. IN 1926 THE PROPERTY WAS REOPENED BY THE SPRUCE CONSOLIDATED MINES CO, AFTER BEING IDLE FOR 9 YEARS. IN LATE 1926, THE NEVADA LEAD & ZINC MINING CO. BECAME THE OWNER-OPERATOR. THE SHAFT WAS RECONDITIONED AND WORK WAS CARRIED ON AT 6 LEVELS, MOSTLY ABOVE THE 70 FT AND 120 FT LEVELS. MINESHUT DOWN IN 1930
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED UNDER $100,000 WORTH, INCLUDING SOME COPPER & SILVER
Comment (Location): N. OF SPRUCE MOUNTAIN
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648
Reference (Deposit): SCHRAEDER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U. OF N. BULL. VOLXXV, NO. 7
Reference (Production): SCHRADER (1931), P. 16-18.
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.
