Keystone Mine

The Keystone Mine is a manganese mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Keystone Mine

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 39.27639, -114.96500

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Keystone Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Keystone Mine


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson (Ely)


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Replacement Mn


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Braunite


Comments

Comment (Geology): THE ORE IS RATHER SOFT, COVERNOUS MIXTURE OF MANGANESE OXIDES


References

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C.JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85.

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, BUREHARD, 1919 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEO PART 1 METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS U.S.G.S. BULL 710


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.