The Franklin-Keeney Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 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: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.39806, -118.41750
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Franklin-Keeney Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Franklin-Keeney Property
Secondary: Franklin - Keene
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (Opalite)
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Location): 1 MILE WNW OF NIEBUHR MINE; N. SLOPE BUFF PEAK.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOTTLE CREEK (1961) 1:625000
Comment (Production): LAST OPERATED 1940
Comment (Deposit): 6 CLAIMS, DISCOVERED IN 1940 BY C. FRANKLIN. THE PROPERTY HAS UNDER-GONE SPORADIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE ITS DISCOVERY, WITH NO PRODUCTION. DEVELOPMENT IS REPORTED TO BE A 50-FT SHAFT WITH 25-FT DRIFT TO E. AND SHORTER DRIFT TO THE W. ON THE 30-FT LEVEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL 38, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944
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.
