Keystone Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044735
MRDS ID M232311
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55148, 39.9238 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walti Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 048E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 1000M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn Formation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Keystone Granodiorite
    Rock description Keystone Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nevada Formation
    Rock description Nevada Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.55148, 39.9238

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Limestone Is Exposed In Window Of Roberts Mtn. Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Proximity To Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SULFIDES FORM LENTICULAR PODS IN TACTITE ALONG THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT. NEAR THE SURFACE THE GALENA WAS ARGENTIFEROUS, AND COPPER ORE WAS FOUND AT A DEPTH OF 25 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Roberts District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Komp And Ezra Edwards
    First year 1962

Comments on the production information

  • ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME COPPER AND GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS; SHALLOW SURFACE TRENCHING

Comments on development

  • MILL ERECTED IN 1910, OPERATED A SHORT TIME

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, NEV, NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO. 157, REFERENCE NO. 3201100010

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL., (1967).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDES FORM LENTICULAR PODS IN TACTITE ALONG GRANODIORITE CONTACT.
Deposit THE MINE IS ABOUT ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF WALTI HOT SPRINGS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND SHALLOW SURFACE TRENCHING. THE MINE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1870, A MILL ERECTED IN 1910 OPERATED A SHORT TIME. THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY FRED KOMP AND EZRA EDWARDS IN 1962 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.