Kinsey Claims

The Kinsey Claims is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Kinsey Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1462
Secondary: 1463
Secondary: 1464 Probably Encompasses Area of Tempiute Silver Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Tempiute 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Bedding Plane Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1462, 1463 AND 1464 CONTAIN 300-1000 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 200-1000 PPM AS, NO AU, 0-20 PPM BA, 150-200 PPM CD, 1000-5000 PPM CU, 0-10 PPM MO, 10,000-20,000 PPM PB, 2000-7000 PPM SB, 0-50 PPM SN, 10-50 PPM V, 5000-GREATER THAN 10,000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrolusite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE TO SACCHROIDAL QUARTZ VEINS FOLLOWING BEDDING PLANE FAULTS. BRECCIA ZONE/QUARTZ FILLING UP TO 4 FT WIDE, SILICIFIED WITH SILICIFICATION DECREASING AWAY FROM VEIN/FAULT. MUCH OF VEIN/BRECCIA ZONE IS EXCAVATED, MANY WORKINGS FILLED WITH GROUND WATER. ARGENTIFEROUS SULFIDES OCCUR DISSEMINATED THROUGH BRECCIA QUARTZ VEIN. ORE MINERALS INCLUDE PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, SPHALERITE, HEMIMORPHITE, CERUSSITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE, WITH FE-MN-SB OXIDES. FAULT ZONE CONTINUES NORTHWARD BUT NO WORKINGS NOTED ALONG IT. POST-MINERALIZATION SILICA AND DENDRITIC PYROLUSITE COAT ALL ROCKS. FAULT ZONE OUTCROPS PROMINENTLY ALONG DRILL ROAD LEADING TOWARD SAMPLE SITE 1463. QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED IN ROAD BETWEEN THE SAMPLE SITES ARE UP TO 2 FT WIDE WITH ADJACENT BRECCIA ZONE UP TO 7 FT WIDE. QUARTZ VEIN WEATHERS TO SPIDER WEB TEXTURE. OUTCROPPING BELOW LIMESTONE UNIT IS CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONE WITH CLASTS SLIGHTLY ANGULAR TO ROUNDED, SLIGHTLY CALCAREOUS. DIPS OF BEDDING FAULTS STEEPEN

Comment (Deposit): NORTHWARD AND CUT ACROSS BEDDING PLANES (PROBABLY PROMINENT NW-TRENDING FAULT SHOWN ON GEOL MAPS). AT SAMPLE SITE 1463, A VERTICAL SHAFT FOLLOWS A 70-E-DIPPING, NORTH STRIKING FAULT WITH CURVED FAU

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF OLD WORKINGS, NOW MOSTLY OBLITERATED BY RECENT EXPLORATION WORK, DRILL HOLES, SURFACE SCRAPINGS.

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO CENTRAL OF SEVERAL WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Comment (Development): WORKED IN 1880, DESERTED THEREAFTER WITH NO KNOWN ACTIVITY UNTIL RECENT EXPLORATION WORK; AREA EXTENSIVELY DRILLED, SURFACE SCRAPINGS, REMAINS OF OLD TEMPIUTE TOWNSITE. EXPLORATION PROBABLY OCCURRED 1981 OR SO.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 4, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL. II.

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.