Three Kids

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

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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.