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Kimberly Consolidated Mines

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044081
MRDS ID M231406
Record type Site
Current site name Kimberly Consolidated Mines
Alternate or previous names Philadelphia Western

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80649, 40.41547 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES SSE OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 046E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quartzite
    Rock description Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80649, 40.41547
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Depth

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Matt Scow
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Hilltop District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OVER $100,000 IN ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100-TON FLOTATION MILL AND POWER PLANT WERE BUILT IN 1922-23, BUT ONLY OPERATED FOR A FEW MONTHS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231406

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. L., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88 PT II

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: USBM INFO CIRC 7043

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES WERE MADE HERE UNTIL 1907, WHEN MATT SCOW DISCOVERED WIRE GOLD NEAR SOME OLD WORKINGS. IN 1913, KIMBERLEY CONSOLIDATED TOOK OVER HOLDINGS OF PHILADELPHIA WESTERN MINING CO. AND WAS THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER FOR THE DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HILLTOP NEVADA MINING CO. THEN TOOK IT OVER AND BUILT A 100-TON FLOTATION MILL AND POWER PLANT IN 1922 AND 1923, WHICH OPERATED ONLY A FEW MONTHS. IN 1934 IT WAS ACQUIRED BY STONE CABIN CONS. MINE CO. AND THE MILL WAS DISMANTLED AND MOVED TO DAYTON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MATT SCOW DISCOVERED WIRE GOLD NEAR SOME OLD WORKINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology