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Keno Claim Mines

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021198
MRDS ID DC15185
Record type Site
Current site name Keno Claim Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82028, 40.13299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1893
Relative position IN SADDLE 500 FT WEST OF LUCKY DAY KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 13 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMONITE, JAROSITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHALCEDONY, COPPER PITCH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization And Chloritization

Analytical data

Result 0.096 OZ/AU AND 3.65 OZ AG/TON AND 2.96 PERCENT CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82028, 40.13299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 70SW
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF SHORT ADITS AND ONE SHAFT (INCLINED), ALSO A FEW SURFACE PITS. ALL ARE INACCESSIBLE (1981)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER VEIN STRIKES NEARLY WEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1995 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

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

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