| Deposit ID | 10111437 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231452 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nd No Work Has Been Done Since |
| Alternate or previous names | Keyes Mine, Keyes Shaft |
| Related records | 10174582 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.1432, 40.77906 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 034N | 034E | 34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | Jungo Terrane - Turbiditic, fine-grained, terrigenous clastic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Stank Fault |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mill City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231452 |
KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES; GSA MEMOIR 15
STAGER, H. K., IN PREP., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE KEYES BED IS & LENTICULAR STRATUM LOCATED IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED |
| Deposit | THE KEYES BED IS A LENTICULAR STRATUM NOT MORE THAN A FOOT THICK LOCATED IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED, 50 TO 100 FEET FROM THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED. THE KEYES BED IS IN THE STANK-HUMBOLDT BELT ALONG WITH THE HUMBOLDT, SPRINGER, STANK, AND CODD WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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