Keystone Mine

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045661
MRDS ID M233449
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.46143, 40.31742 (WGS84)
Relative position ON RIDGE SE OF SPRING CANON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolly Varden Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 067E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON FLANK OF KEYSTONE CANON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.46143, 40.31742

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 45-50 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Fissure System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of first production 1869

Mining district

District name Dolly Varden

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW, INACCESSIBLE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M, (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648

  • Deposit

    SHOW, G.G., (1963), MINEROLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DOLLY VARDEN, MOUNTAINS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, U OF U PHD

  • Production

    HILL, J.M., (1916) P. 85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT BODIES PARALLEL TO BEDDING, NEAR N-S FISSURES & SHEAR ZONE.
Deposit THE KEYSTONE MINE IS AN OLD LENG-SILVER MINE MINT DATES TO POSSIBLY 1869. IT IS LOCATED ON THE LIMESTONE RIDGE SE OF SPRING CANON. WORKINGS ARE SHALLOW, AND INACESSIBLE. ORE OCCURRED AS REPLACEMENT BODIES PARALLEL TO BEDDING NEAR N-S FISSURES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.