Keystone Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150126
MRDS ID M060311
MAS/MILS ID 0320270033
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine
Alternate or previous names Keystone, Nevada Keystone Mine, Old Central
Related records 10042501

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.11288, 40.84299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cosgrave(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 034 E 12 N2NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SEC1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.11288, 40.84299

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mill City District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 89, 1977, P. 65, PLATE 2A.

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L., 1941, LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, BPA (CONFID.)

  • Deposit

    LUTSEY AND NICHOLS (1972).

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-OCT-94 Linne, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.