| Deposit ID | 10080756 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032110 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Keystone Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.2623, 41.16914 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | AT KEYSTONE, WY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Albany(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Albany |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 014N | 079W | 22 | NW | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AUERAGE 1.2 FINE 02 OF AU PER TON |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.2623, 41.16914 |
|---|
| Width | 1.83M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1876 |
| Year of first production | 1877 |
| Year of last production | 1893 |
| District name | Douglas Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Medicine Bow National Forest |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1524M |
| Overall depth | 111.25M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032110 |
Osterwald and others, 1966, GSW BULL 50, P.81.
Hausel, 1980, Gold districts of Wyoming: GSW RI-23, P. 28-29.
Hausel, 1989, WGS Bull. 68, p. 120-122, 124.
Hausel, 1997, WGS Bull. 70, p. 128-129.
Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Wilson and Heran (USGS) visited this site in August, 2010. All that remains are a few very caved workings and small dumps at the entrance of a driveway to a couple of summer/vacation cabins. Consider this an abandoned mine. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-82 | Barari, Rachel A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 16-AUG-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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