The Jones-Kincaid Mine is a arsenic, silver, and copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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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:
Commodity: Arsenic, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.85417, -119.60139
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Jones-Kincaid Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jones-Kincaid Mine
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Pyramid District
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Mullen Pass Structure
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Adv Argillic, Sericitic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1957 EDITION
Comment (Workings): NO PRODUCTION IS RECORDED, BUT MINE HAS LARGEST DUMP IN THE DISTRICT, INDICATING SOME SUBSTANTIAL WORK OCCURED THERE (WALLACE, P67). PART OF A VEIN SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE TRACED FOR OVER TWO MILES ALONG STRIKE
Comment (Geology): VEIN OUTCROP CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED ASH FLOW TUFF CONTAINING IRON OXIDE DERIVED FROM OXIDATION OF SULFIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV NBMG BULL 70, 1969
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, A F, GEOL & MIN DEP PYRAMID DIST, S WASHOE CO NEV, UNPUBLISHED PHD DISSERT, M S M, UNR, 1975
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.
