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Keystone Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver
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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. 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103955
MRDS ID M231686
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine
Alternate or previous names Wall Mine, Summit Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05814, 38.51049 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position WEST SLOPE OF SUMMITE HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECT. 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS VERY-LIGHT-GRAY TO VERY-LIGHT-GREEN CRYSTALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Gold Ore
Halloysite Gangue
Iron Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05814, 38.51049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip SW
    Length 60.96M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A N 60 W Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SCHIST IS GRAYISH-ORANGE AND THE SILTSTONE IS MEDIUM-DARK-GRAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nelson, Jim
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, 60 AND 45 FT, CONNECTED BY 75 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 39 - 40

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 126

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 723, P. 137 - 138.

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BRECCIA IS COMPOSED MOSTLY OF ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED SILTSTONE FRAGMENTS 0.25-8 INCHES ACROSS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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