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Keynote Group

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036135
MRDS ID M024190
Record type Site
Current site name Keynote Group
Alternate or previous names Key Not, Golden Princess
Related records 10139610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93953, 36.72329 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 1.7 MI. NE NEW YORK BUTTE ON RIDGE N. OF KEYNOTE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New York Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014S 037E 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED. SECTION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93953, 36.72329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W, NW
    Dip 40SW, 35SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beveridge

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE REPORTED TO HAVE AVG. VALUE OF $20/TON. FROM WAR EAGLE VEIN. REPORTED THAT MINE YIELDED MORE THAN $10,000 PER MONTH THROUGH 1883

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED TONNAGE OF ORE DUMP BELOW NO. 9 TUNNEL LEVEL WAS APPROX. 20,000 TONS, REPORTED TO HAVE HAD AVG. ASSAY VALUE OF $8/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 548.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN ON THE KEYNOTE VEIN WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY 7 TUNNELS AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS. THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE FROM TUNNELS NO. 7 AND NO. 9. NO. 5 TUNNEL 150 FT, NO. 6 TUNNEL, 300 FT, NO. 7 TUNNEL, 750 FT, NO. 8 TUNNEL, 300 FT, NO. 9 TUNNEL, 600 FT, NO. 10 TUNNEL, 225 FT, NO. 14 TUNNEL, 205 FT. THERE ARE FIVE TUNNELS ON KEYNOTE VEIN AND THREE ON WAR EAGLE VEIN. NO. 6 TUNNEL ON KEYNOTE VEIN IS 300 FT. IN LENGTH, DRIVEN NORTHWEST. THERE IS A STOPE 150 FT. IN LENGTH FROM THIS TUNNEL LEVEL, AND STOPING TO THE NO. 5 TUNNEL LEVEL, A DISTANCE OF 50 FT. ON INCLINATION OF THE VEIN. NO. 7 TUNNEL LEVEL IS DRIVEN NORTHWEST 750 FT; AT 50 FT. FROM PORTAL ON FIRST SHOOT OF ORE. THE ORE WAS STOPED FOR A LENGTH OF 250 FT. WITH AN AVERAGED WIDTH OF 4 FT. TO NO. 6 TUNNEL LEVEL, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. WAR EAGLE VEIN. UPPER TUNNEL DRIVEN N 20 DEG W 240 FT. INTERMEDIATE TUNNEL IS 100 FT. IN LENGTH AND LOWER TUNNEL 120 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 2 VEINS. WAR EAGLE VEIN 4 FT. THICK WITH AT LEAST 2 ORE SHOOTS, EACH 60 FT. LONG, AVG. 4 FT. THICK. KEYNOTE VEIN 2-4 FT. IN THICKNESS. THE VEINS ARE 600 FT. APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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