Keystone Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019040
MRDS ID DC08390
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine
Alternate or previous names Prosperty Mine, Prosperity Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93016, 47.26988 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Relative position JUST NE OF KEYSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018N 026W 32 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 10.3 MI SW OF PARADISE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93016, 47.26988

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Foliation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Par-D Mining And Development Co.
    Home office C/O R. L. Helterline, 1317 Dakota Street, Missoula, Mt 59801
  • Type Owner
    Owner Prosperity Mines Inc.
    Home office 1716 South 9th West, Missoula, Mt. 59801

Comments on development

  • WAS PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING AS OF 1961 & 1964. STATUS WAS UNKNOWN AS OF 1972 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1962 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1961 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 36 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1972 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 14 .

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1965 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1964 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 46 , P. 26 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 18 .

  • Production

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1962 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 36 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references