Mine detail: Keyes Mine

Previously called 'Belmont Uncle Sem Shaft'

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Location: Storey County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.31268, -119.62239
dep_id: 10043923
mrds_id: M231228
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
ore_ctrl: Brunswick Lode
Reporter: Flynn, Patricia Dodd
hrock_unit: Alta Andesite
hrock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1933
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49
  • Deposit:: W.P.A. STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-1941; INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOC,UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
  • Production:: STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950
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