USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Nye County
Kietzke Mine
Source Corroborated Silver Underground 1 mapped shaft 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Nye
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Silver and copper bearing. Alteration: Kaolinization, Sericitization, Chloritization Of Quartz Latite Porphyry Intrusive. Silicification Of Brecciated Fault Zone. Deposit: Stringers of quartz,bearing Ag and cu. Development: 8 unpatented claims. Geo…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 3 adit symbols
- Adit : Reveille , 1968
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Operators / organizations
- Gary Grauberger (Lessee, · Historical operator
- Kietzke, Mrs. Lou F. · Source-reported owner
- Reppert, Florence, Neal, Helene And Frank, Phyllis (Daughters Of Frank Kietzke) · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Silver
- Dolostone
- Quartz-latite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 40263
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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