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Key Flower Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045711
MRDS ID M233508
Record type Site
Current site name Key Flower Mine
Alternate or previous names Key Flower, Key Flower Nos. 1-3, Claims, Key Flower Nos. 4&5 Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7865, 38.91186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 037E 11,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MILES SW OF ELLSWORTH; UTM IS TO PROSPECT IN GENERAL AREA OF KEY FLOWER MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Iron Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF 35 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.01-0.22 OZ/T AU AND 0.1 TO 8.0 OZ/T AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7865, 38.91186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gouge Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Browder
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK TO ABOUT 25 FT. AND THEN ABANDONED; LONG CUT; 28-FT. SHAFT; NUMEROUS CUTS

Comments on development

  • BROWDER DEEPENED SHAFT FROM 17 TO 117 FT. BY JAN. 1936. F.G. RILEY DROVE A 200-FT ADIT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT BY APRIL 1936. NO COMMERCIAL GRADE ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YORK, B., 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KEY FLOWER MINE; NBMG FILES, FILE 226 ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    GIANELLA, V.P., 1935, UNPUBLISHED PETROGRAPHIC REPORT ON ROCKS FROM KEY FLOWER MINE, PARADISE RANGE, NV.; ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 226 ITEM 3

  • Deposit

    YORK, B., 19368 UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AT KEY FLOWER MINE; NBMG FILE 226 ITEM 4.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONGLY BANDED QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN WITH SMALLER PARALLEL VEINS
Deposit SMALL SPRING 1/2 MILE NE & ABOVE MINE; CAMEL SPRINGS. 1 1/2 MILE NE OF MINE; ANTELOPE SPRINGS 4 MILES SE OF MINE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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