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Keystone Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037316
MRDS ID M031291
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine
Related records 10198217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.96587, 39.27633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1 MILES E OF RUTH, 5 MILES W OF ELY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16N 62E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.96587, 39.27633
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE IS RATHER SOFT, COVERNOUS MIXTURE OF MANGANESE OXIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robinson (Ely)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, BUREHARD, 1919 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEO PART 1 METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS U.S.G.S. BULL 710

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C.JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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