Mine detail: Killie Mine

Previously called 'LathamNevada Lead'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.56992, -114.82199

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Apatite, Diopside, Garnet
Discovery year:	1869

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host type:	Skarn (Tactite),Limestone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Various Faults
Alteration processes:	Some Silication

References

MRDS	M233955
DEP	10046046
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648}{Deposit:: SCHRAEDER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U. OF N. BULL. VOLXXV, NO. 7}{Production:: SCHRADER (1931), P. 16-18.}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.