Kansas Mine

The Kansas Mine is a copper and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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

Name: Kansas Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.