Kentuck Mine

The Kentuck Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Kentuck Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Storey

Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 39.29167, -119.65806

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Kentuck Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kentuck Mine


Commodity

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


Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode


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

Owner Name: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp.

Owner Name: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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: V-SHAPED TO TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To Northwest And West


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): BETWEEN YELLOW JACKET AND CROWN POINT CLAIMS

Comment (Development): PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC TO 1896, WHEN ALL COMMERCIAL ORE HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED. GROUND IS CURRENTLY TRAVERSED BY HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS' OPEN PIT OPERATIONS

Comment (Deposit): ORE IN HAGINGWALL; SOUTH END OF THE MAIN COMSTOCK LODE

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DIRFTS, OPEN PIT

Comment (Geology): ON S. END OF MAIN COMSTOCK LODE

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS V-SHAPED WITH THE ORE OCCURRING ON THE HANGING WALL. THE FOOTWALL IS COMPOSED OF BARREN QUARTZ. FIRST STAKED IN 1859, BETWEEN CROWN POINT AND YELLOW JACKET CLAIMS. PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC TO 1896 WHEN ALL COMMERCIAL ORE HAD BEEN EXTRACTED. CURRENTLY TRAVERSED BY HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS' OPEN PIT OPERATIONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70

Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.

Reference (Production): STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.