The Kansas Mine is a copper and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.60194, -114.56583
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Kansas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kansas Mine
Secondary: Kansas Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum (Muncy Creek, Silver Mountain Subdistrict)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Faults, Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication Of Limestone Along Dikes.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MUCH OF THE ORE MINED AVERAGED 5% CU WITH SOME AG
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Lead
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Actinolite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE IS DEVELOPED UP TO 15 FT OUT FROM SYENITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND SOME TACTITE CONTAINS HEMATITE, MAGNETITE, ACTINOLITE, CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, MALACHITE AND AZURITE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
Comment (Workings): THE LARGEST POCKET NOTED WAS 15 TO 20 FT WIDE AND ABOUT 200 FT LONG. DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES NUMBER OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS ; INCLINE SHAFT 70 FT DEEP, DRIFT.
Comment (Location): 3 CLAIMS SOUTH OF DEFIANCE MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH R., 1976 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): USBM,1983, MILS DATA
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.
