The Keystone Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.75139, -112.91111
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Keystone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keystone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Quartz Hill (Vipond) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Edward Lockett
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): WORKINGS INDICATE SMALL PRODUCTION.
Comment (Development): SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT AT MOST 30 FEET LONG,WITH SOME STOPING. A CAVED ADIT IS 50 FT. BELOW THE SHAFT. UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF SURFACE CUTS AND SHORT ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 137.
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F.A., 1961, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1960: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 20, P. 5.
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
