The Upper Keesey Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.30417, -114.95361
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Upper Keesey Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper Keesey Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Keystone District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Near Axis Of Keystone Syncline Region Has A Structural Grain Of Nw Trending Faults And Folds.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): IN GENERAL, HOST ROCK BEDDING HAS BEEN OBILTERATED. PREDOMINANT CLEAVAGE STRIKES N 45 - 55 DEG W AND DIPS 45 - 80 DEG NE AND BEDDING PLANES, WHERE SEEN, ARE GENERALLY PARALLEL IN STRIKE TO THIS CLEAVAGE BUT DIP A FEW DEGREES LESS.
Comment (Deposit): ASIDE FROM THE UPPER KESSEY ADITS, THESE ARE ALSO SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE ADITS IN THE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF SLOWAY GULCH, ADJACENT TO A FOREST SERVICE RD.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS LARGELY QUARTZ WHICH IS FOR THE MOST PART BARREN BUT CONTAINS SOME SULFIDES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 325 FT ADIT WITH AN INCLINED WINZE/A SMALL SUBLEVEL AT THE FOOT OF THE WINZE AND TWO INACCESSIBLE RAISES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS-SUPERIOR AREA MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-J, PP. 595 - 597 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-08-1963
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
