The Keystone Property is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,501 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: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 44.445, -114.33220
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Keystone Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keystone Property
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Bayhorse District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Chambers, A. E.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bayhorse Anticline - Deposit On Southerly Plunging Nose Of Anticline.
Type: L
Description: N - S Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RANDOM SAMPLES RANGE 30 - 60% CAF2
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UPPER NORTH & EAST SLOPE KEYSTONE MTN.
Comment (Workings): PITS, TRENCHES, ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1954, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FLUORSPAR MINERALIZATION NEAR CHALLIS, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 101, 13 P
Reference (Deposit): 1954 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10
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