North Keystone

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260270
MRDS ID M006029
MAS/MILS ID 0060090506
Record type Site
Current site name North Keystone
Related records 10028815

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.65021, 37.98741 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 012 E 34 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.65021, 37.98741

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 340M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 13.91
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 357
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 CAL. DIV. OF MINES, COPPER IN CALIF., BULL. 144, CALI

  • Deposit

    OF NAT. RES., 1948. INCLUDES PLATES OF MINE MAPS, REF

  • Deposit

    427;EC MINERAL MAP NO 7,1957;CALIFCOUNTY REPT NO 2,P 24-7,13

  • Deposit

    REF 2 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM 1970 EVALUATION

  • Deposit

    REF 3 CAL. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINERAL RES

  • Deposit

    OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT NO.2, 19

  • Deposit

    MULTIPLE PROPERTY STUDY - - MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0060430158

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRELIMINARY COMMENT. AFTER 2 YEARS OF PREPRODUCTION THIS MIN OPERATE FOR 6 YEARS. ORE WILL BE USED TO FEED THE PENN MIL MILL CAPITAL COSTS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PENN PROPERTY. TH MENT AND PLANT FOR THIS MINING OPERATION WILL SUBSEQUENTLY USED BY THE NEWTON PROPERTY(ID 060050045) REC 101 ESTIMATED LIFE OF 4YR BASED ON PLANT CAPACITY, REC 1 REC 120 BASE YEAR 1970 USED FOR COSTING MINE MINE CAPITAL COSTS TOTAL 1,414,900 (1970 DOLLAR ACQ 30,000 EXPLOR 115,200 DEVEL 483,700 EQUIP 356,500 PLANT 352,200 WORK.CAP. 77,300 MINE OPERATING COST 13.905/MT REC 151 BOXES FLAGGED .0001 AND .00001 NOTE THAT THE MILL CA COSTS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PENN PROPERTY(ID 06009

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-FEB-1994 Lewis, J.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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