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Keeler Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103490
MRDS ID M024111
Record type Site
Current site name Keeler Mine
Alternate or previous names Kruger, Keeler Gold Mines, Inc.
Related records 10188351

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81285, 36.45469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 4 MI. SE KEELER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keeler(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 038E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 SW 1/4. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION-LOC. PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81285, 36.45469
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW
    Dip 70 SW
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.8% Pb, 3.2 Oz Ag, Recov. Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Silver Silver 90g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1944 RAN 3.8% PB, 3.2 OZ/TON AG WITH RECOVERABLE CU. APPARENTLY FIRST WORKED FOR LEAD. AVERAGE OF $9.40/TON IN GOLD FROM ONE STOPE.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY 250-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 70, 130 AND 250 FT. ON 70-FT. LEVEL, DRIFT 160 FT. NORTHWEST; ON 130, DRIFT 550 FT. NORTHWEST; ON 250, DRIFT 350 FT. ON THE 130 LEVEL AT 400 FT. NORTH OF THE SHAFT, A CROSS-CUT WAS DRIVEN EAST 120 FT. ON THE 250, AT ABOUT 250 FT. FROM THE SHAFT, A WINZE WAS SUNK 155 FT. ON A 40 DEG INCLINATION TO THE NORTH. THE ORE SHOOT HAS BEEN STOPED FROM THE 250-FT. LEVEL TO WITHIN 70 FT. OF THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 154

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 403-404

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 481

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4-7 FT. THICK. ORE SHOOT RAKES TO NORTH, OR IT MAY BE CUT OFF ALONG INTERSECTION WITH A FRACTURE HAVING SAME STRIKE, BUT DIPPING 40 W. VEIN-FILLING SILICIFIED WALL-ROCK. ORE SHOOT 160 FT. LONG.
Deposit 23 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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