Franklin-Keeney Property

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

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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.