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Keystone Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047045
MRDS ID M242287
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24481, 38.06938 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 1.5 MILES N, NW OF MT. BUTLER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 34 SW4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. LOCATION. NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS IN AREA; UNSURE WHICH ONE IS KEYSTONE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24481, 38.06938
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. & STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDACO., NEV.; NBMG BULL. 78

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., SR., AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH, LONE MTN., KLONDIKE, AND NORTHERN MUD LAKE QUADRANGLES, NEV.; NBMG BULL. G2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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