Key West Underground

Past Producer in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301400
MAS/MILS ID 0530190454
Record type Site
Current site name Key West Underground
Alternate or previous names Kettle River Project - 0530199003

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.55973, 48.71265 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville 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 Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 N 034 E 07 SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.55973, 48.71265

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N22W
    Dip 14W
    Thickness 5M
    Length 193M
    Width 77M
    Depth to top 25M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N22W:14W
    Minimum Depth to Top 3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 901104
  • Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1991
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Belcher

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .56
    Percent Waste Rock 92
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 20
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 10
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 60
    Tertiary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 30
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 1216
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 1313
    Unit Production Cost 5.86
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN MINING: ECHO

  • Deposit

    BAY ANNOUNCES KETTLE RIVER MINE. E & MJ, 1989, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 1, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCESS IS BY 15 KM OF GRAVELED ROAD, 2 KM OF WHICH REMAIN TO TO BE BUILT. POWER WILL BE SUPPLIED BY AN ON SITE DIESEL GENERATOR. WATER WILL BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS OR BY TRUCK FROM THE KEY MILL. LABOR WILL COMMUTE FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-AUG-95 Lindsey, David S. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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