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Keyes Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity 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. Materials 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048698
MRDS ID MP25708
Record type Site
Current site name Keyes Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Keyes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50453, 35.63915 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta Sierra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026S 032E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result KEYES VEIN ASSAYED $40/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50453, 35.63915
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 70SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1852
Discoverer Colonel Keyes

Mining district

District name Keyes Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred K. Seaman And A. Swift, Los Angeles, California
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kern River Mining Co.
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 52 TONS OF ORE M INES FROM 100 FT LEVEL, A RECOVERY OF $39.50/TON WAS MADE IN MILL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 840 FT CROSSCUT TO KEYES VEIN WITH 1400 FT DRIFT. 1200 FT SW OF CROSSCUT, WINZE IS SUNK TO DEPTH OF 100 FT, WITH 700 FT OF DRIFTS ON 100 FT LEVEL. OTHER WINZES TUNNELS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 32-33.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P 311-312.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 37-38.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 499-500.

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 29, P. 312.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 PARALLEL VEINS. KEYES VEIN 1-2 FT THICK WITH 200 FT LONG ORE SHOOT
Deposit 13 CLAIMS, 260 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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