Mine detail: Keystone Mine

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Location: Clark County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.83639, -115.52278
dep_id: 10037224
mrds_id: M031116
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chrysocolla, Copper, Gold, Limonite
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Geothermal
ore_ctrl: Contact Of Porphyry With Dolomite
Reporter: Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Large Scale Overthrusts, Broad Anticline, Keystone Thrust, Small Underground Faults
References:
  • Deposit:: HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 105 - 107 .
  • Deposit:: LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 191 .
  • Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
  • Production:: NBMG MI-1993
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