Killie Mine

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

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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.