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Keystone Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019887
MRDS ID DC11808
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91201, 45.75128 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 3.25 AIR MILES SE OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wise River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 13,14 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson Formation
    Rock description Jefferson Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.91201, 45.75128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 W
    Dip 47 NE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding-Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Edward Lockett
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • WORKINGS INDICATE SMALL PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AT MOST 30 FEET LONG,WITH SOME STOPING. A CAVED ADIT IS 50 FT. BELOW THE SHAFT. UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF SURFACE CUTS AND SHORT ADITS

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F.A., 1961, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1960: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 20, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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