The Three Kids is a manganese mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 1,804 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,804 Feet (550 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 36.07, -114.80800
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Three Kids MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three Kids
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Las Vegas
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: J. C. And Fern Landcaster
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1980
Production
Year: 1961
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 20 Pct Mn 70274000 Metric Tons
Year: 1960
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 20 Pct Mn 120700000 Metric Tons
Year: 1959
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 20 Pct Mn 137603000 Metric Tons
Year: 1958
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 20 Pct Mn 312044000 Metric Tons
Year: 1957
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 20 Pct Mn 315209 Metric Tons
Year: 1956
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 20 Pct Mn 293849 Metric Tons
Year: 1955
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 16 Pct Mn 410809 Metric Tons
Year: 1953
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 23 Pct Mn 412000 Metric Tons
Year: 1944
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 24 Pct Mn 365000 Metric Tons
Year: 1941
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 25 Pct Mn 3707 Metric Tons
Year: 1918
Description: Crude Ore, Av Grade 40 Pct Mn 13280 Metric Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Kaolin
Unknown: Mica
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Bentonite
Comments
Comment (Production): MILL WILL BE FED BY THE 4 DEPOSITS: FIRST 6 YEARS: 2000MT DAY FROM 3 KIDS, 1000 MT FROM VIRGIN YEAR 7: 2000 MT DAY FROM 3 KIDS, 1000 MT DAY FROM FANNIE LAST 15 YEARS: 1770 MT DAY FROM 3 KIDS, 1230 MT FROM BOULDER MILL OUTPUT FOR 22 YEARS WILL BE 502 MT/DAY OF 46% MN NODULES 56.81/MT ORE INCLUDES $1.981MT RAIL TRANSPORT COST.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO SECS. 26. 34, AND 36 CLAIMS JOIN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA OPEN PIT MINE. GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 23 KM SE OF LAS VEGAS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1917 AND 1918 PRODUCTION 1942 THROUGH 1944 PRODUCTION 1952 THROUGH MARCH 1955 PRODUCTION MARCH THROUGH DECEMBER 1955 MILL:FACILITY REMOVED FROM SITE. PRODUCTION: 2,260,000 MT ORE AVERAGING 18% MN YIELDED 61,000 MT OF CONCENTRATES AT 45% MN.
Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MEADE REGION, NEVADA AND ARIZONA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE BEDDED MANGANESE OF THE LAKE
Reference (Deposit): PP. 289-293.
Reference (Deposit): 407. MCKELVEY, V. E., J. H. WIESE, AND V. H. JOHNSON.
Reference (Deposit): KIDS MINE, NEVADA. MIN. ENG., V. 6, NO. 3, 1954,
Reference (Deposit): 399. MCCARROLL, S. J. UPGRADING MANGANESE ORE: THREE
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 62, 1965, 218
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): 386. LONGWELL, C. R., E. H. PAMPEYAN, B. BOWYER, AND R. J.
Reference (Deposit): NO. 7, JULY 1946, P. 58.
Reference (Deposit): THREE KIDS MANGANESE ORE. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 147,
Reference (Deposit): 744. VEDENSKY, D. N. HOW THE SO2 PROCESS WORKED ON THE
Reference (Deposit): JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): 88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,
Reference (Deposit): 733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): SURV. 10, 1952, 538 PP.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV.). MATERIALS SURVEY -- MANGANESE. MATER.
Reference (Deposit): 726. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (WITH THE COOPERATION OF U.S.
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5446, 1959, 40 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 721. TRENGOVE, R. R. RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 710-F, 1920, PP. 158-248.
Reference (Deposit): MINING AND PROCESSING. BUMINES RI 5209, 1956, 31 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE ORE IN NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.
Reference (Deposit): 547. PARDEE, J. T., AND E. L. JONES, JR. DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 17, 1968, 30 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 458. MORRISSEY, F. R. TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. NV
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. MET.E. THESIS, UNIV. NV, RENO, NV, 1954, 51 PP.
Reference (Deposit): PYRO-METALLURGICAL PLANT, THREE KIDS MINE, HENDERSON,
Reference (Deposit): 457. MORRIS, J. M. ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF THE
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 948-D, 1949, PP. 83-101.
Reference (Deposit): UNIV. NV, RENO, NV, 1963, 55 PP.
Reference (Deposit): THREE KIDS MINES, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS,
Reference (Deposit): 743. VAN GILDER, K. L. THE MANGANESE ORE BODY AT THE
Reference (Deposit): PP.
Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)
Reference (Deposit): ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE. BUMINES RI 3815, 1945, 78
Reference (Deposit): UTILIZATION OF THREE KIDS MANGANESE ORE IN PRODUCTION OF
Reference (Deposit): 9. ALLEN, G. L., J. H. JACOBS, AND J. W. HUNTER.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): APPRAISAL. BUMINES IC 8889, 1982, 14 PP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AVAILABILITY-- DOMESTIC. A MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 351. KILGORE, C. C., AND P. R. THOMAS. MANGANESE
Reference (Deposit): 267. HEWETT, D. F., AND B. N. WEBBER. BEDDED DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE FROM U.S. RESOURCES. BUMINES IC 8368, 1968, 36
Reference (Deposit): REVIEW OF MAJOR PROPOSED PROCESSES FOR RECOVERY OF
Reference (Deposit): 262. HENN, J. J., R. C. KIRBY, AND L. D. NORMAN, JR.
Reference (Deposit): RI 5323, 1957, 20 PP.
Reference (Deposit): LEACHING OF MANGANESE ORES WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE. BUMINES
Reference (Deposit): 41. BENDER, F. N., AND C. RAMPACEK. PERCOLATION
Reference (Deposit): 327. JOHNSON, A. C., AND R. R. TRENGOVE. THE THREE KIDS
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. BULL. 936-L, 1942, PP. 293-319.
Reference (Deposit): THREE KIDS MANGANESE DISTRICT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 13, 1931, 17 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 291. HUNT, C. B., V. E. MCKELVEY, AND J. H. WIESE. THE
Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE OXIDES NEAR LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND
Reference (Deposit): MANGANESE DEPOSIT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA--EXPLORATION,
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.
