The Kenjays Claims is a aluminum mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 38.57306, -118.41889
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Kenjays Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kenjays Claims
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: K. J. Polos
Home Office: Ky.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Corundum
Ore: Andalusite
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS STRUNG OUT FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ALONG A WESTERLY TRENDING ZONE
Comment (Geology): ALUMINOUS MINERALS FORM MINUTE CRYSTALS OR CRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES, UP TO ONE HALF INCH ACROSS, SCATTERED THROUGH MUSCOVITE - SERICITE MATRIX
References
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14
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.
