The Keystone Nevada Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Keystone Nevada Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keystone Nevada Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Olinghouse (White Horse) District
Land Status
Not available
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Olinghouse Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ON NORTHEAST-TRENDING FAULT ZONES WHICH OCCUR IN AND ADJACENT TO A GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE-ROCK COULD BE DESCRIBED AS DACITE PORPHYRY.
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF GEOL & MIN DEPOSITS, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969
Nevada Gold
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.
