Keynote Group

The Keynote Group is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 8,501 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

Name: Keynote Group  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 36.72333, -117.93861

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Keynote Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Keynote Group
Secondary: Key Not
Secondary: Golden Princess


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: California
County: Inyo
District: Beveridge


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN ON THE KEYNOTE VEIN WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY 7 TUNNELS AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS. THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE FROM TUNNELS NO. 7 AND NO. 9. NO. 5 TUNNEL 150 FT, NO. 6 TUNNEL, 300 FT, NO. 7 TUNNEL, 750 FT, NO. 8 TUNNEL, 300 FT, NO. 9 TUNNEL, 600 FT, NO. 10 TUNNEL, 225 FT, NO. 14 TUNNEL, 205 FT. THERE ARE FIVE TUNNELS ON KEYNOTE VEIN AND THREE ON WAR EAGLE VEIN. NO. 6 TUNNEL ON KEYNOTE VEIN IS 300 FT. IN LENGTH, DRIVEN NORTHWEST. THERE IS A STOPE 150 FT. IN LENGTH FROM THIS TUNNEL LEVEL, AND STOPING TO THE NO. 5 TUNNEL LEVEL, A DISTANCE OF 50 FT. ON INCLINATION OF THE VEIN. NO. 7 TUNNEL LEVEL IS DRIVEN NORTHWEST 750 FT; AT 50 FT. FROM PORTAL ON FIRST SHOOT OF ORE. THE ORE WAS STOPED FOR A LENGTH OF 250 FT. WITH AN AVERAGED WIDTH OF 4 FT. TO NO. 6 TUNNEL LEVEL, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. WAR EAGLE VEIN. UPPER TUNNEL DRIVEN N 20 DEG W 240 FT. INTERMEDIATE TUNNEL IS 100 FT. IN LENGTH AND LOWER TUNNEL 120 FT. IN LENGTH.

Comment (Deposit): 7 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS. WAR EAGLE VEIN 4 FT. THICK WITH AT LEAST 2 ORE SHOOTS, EACH 60 FT. LONG, AVG. 4 FT. THICK. KEYNOTE VEIN 2-4 FT. IN THICKNESS. THE VEINS ARE 600 FT. APART.

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED. SECTION PROJECTED

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATED TONNAGE OF ORE DUMP BELOW NO. 9 TUNNEL LEVEL WAS APPROX. 20,000 TONS, REPORTED TO HAVE HAD AVG. ASSAY VALUE OF $8/TON.

Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE REPORTED TO HAVE AVG. VALUE OF $20/TON. FROM WAR EAGLE VEIN. REPORTED THAT MINE YIELDED MORE THAN $10,000 PER MONTH THROUGH 1883


References

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1918, INYO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIF: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 110, P.118

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 404

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 138

Reference (Production): TUCKER & SAMPSON (1938), KNOPF (1918)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TUCKER & SAMPSON (1938)


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