Keystone Mine

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Tungsten
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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294635
MRDS ID D004285
MAS/MILS ID 0300570109
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine
Alternate or previous names Keystone Claim, Beaverhead National Forest
Related records 10094322

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.96026, 45.5724 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potosi Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 S 003 W 15 NESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.96026, 45.5724

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLEETIN 574, 1914, P. 125.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 9, 1933, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. IC 21, 1958, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 6334, 1963, P. 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-94 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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