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Keystone

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Mercury, Nickel, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040166
MRDS ID M054849
MAS/MILS ID 530370170
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone
Alternate or previous names Ben Nevis?
Related records 10253128

Comments on the site identification

  • THIS GROUP OF 10 LAIMS PROBABLY INCLUDS THE SAME AREA COVERED BY 0530370417 and 0530370386. HOWEVER, NO OTHER REPORTS METNION MERCURY IN THIS AREA.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.97944, 47.4412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.1 MI WEST OF GALLAGHER HEAD LAKE, Estimated On Prospect Wymbol Shown West Of Gallagher Lake

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stuart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 015E 33 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Could be the adit north of Gallagher Head Lake at 47.445, -120.979 (WGS 84).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 110
USGS model code 38a
Deposit model name Lateritic Ni

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Pre-Tertiary ultrabasic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Nevis Quicksilver Co.
    Last year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    CLE ELUM MAP NO. 70 (Not clear if this is in the HODGES, 1897 publication or something separate.)

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 366

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.B., AND MELROSE, J.W., 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON METALLIC MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.

  • Deposit

    HODGES, K.L., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COULD BE A LATERITIC NI DEPOSIT OVERPRINTED BY A SILICA-CARBONATE HG DEPOSIT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M054856

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-04-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10253128
Reporter 1994-04-01 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530370170 = 10253128

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