The Keyes Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Keyes Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keyes Mine
Secondary: Old Keyes Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Keyes Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kern River Mining Co.
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca
Owner Name: Fred K. Seaman And A. Swift, Los Angeles, California
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1852
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: KEYES VEIN ASSAYED $40/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): FROM 52 TONS OF ORE M INES FROM 100 FT LEVEL, A RECOVERY OF $39.50/TON WAS MADE IN MILL.
Comment (Deposit): 5 PARALLEL VEINS. KEYES VEIN 1-2 FT THICK WITH 200 FT LONG ORE SHOOT
Comment (Workings): 840 FT CROSSCUT TO KEYES VEIN WITH 1400 FT DRIFT. 1200 FT SW OF CROSSCUT, WINZE IS SUNK TO DEPTH OF 100 FT, WITH 700 FT OF DRIFTS ON 100 FT LEVEL. OTHER WINZES TUNNELS, STOPES
Comment (Deposit): 13 CLAIMS, 260 ACRES
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 32-33.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P 311-312.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 37-38.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 499-500.
Reference (Production): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 29, P. 312.
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