The Keystone is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 381 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 381 Feet (116 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 60.8542, -146.53780
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Keystone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keystone
Secondary: Threeman Copper Cop
Secondary: Discovery, Scorcher
Secondary: Jay, Redemption
Secondary: Climax Ajax
Secondary: Cliff, Montezuma
Secondary: Steckmest
Secondary: Petersen
Secondary: Daisy, Buckeye
Secondary: Threeman
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John Petersen
Company ID: 5050005
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 1915
Time Period: 1904-1915
Description: Total Silver Output 1904-1915 5308 Ounces
Year: 1915
Time Period: 1904-1915
Description: Total Gold Output 1904-1915 101 Ounces
Year: 1915
Time Period: 1904-1915
Description: Total Copper Output 1904-1915 525326 Kilograms
Year: 1915
Description: Silver Output 1400 Ounces
Year: 1915
Description: Gold Output 30 Ounces
Year: 1915
Description: Copper Output 113250 Kilograms
Year: 1912
Description: Silver Output 3300 Ounces
Year: 1912
Description: Gold Output 48 Ounces
Year: 1912
Description: Copper Output 272253 Kilograms
Year: 1911
Description: Silver Output 608 Ounces
Year: 1911
Description: Gold Output 14 Ounces
Year: 1911
Description: Copper Output 78800 Kilograms
Year: 1910
Description: Copper Output 54360 Kilograms
Year: 1906
Description: Copper Output 5300 Kilograms
Year: 1904
Description: Copper Output 1359 Kilograms
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): SCHIST SHEAR ZONES CARRY CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE. COUNTRY ROCK GREENSTONE, GRAYWACKE, AND SLATE. Workings consist of: Level 0 - 116.1 m. elev. - 18.3 m. of workings; Level 1 - 100.6 m. elev. - 18.3 m. of workings; Level 2 - 77.1 m. elev. - 152.4 m. of workings; Level 3 - 57.3 m. elev. - 76.2 m. of workings; Level 4 - 41.8 m. elev. - Caved; Level 5 - 21.3 m. elev. - 2 caved portals.
References
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality C-73)
Reference (Deposit): RI5245 pp. 1, 5-6
Reference (Deposit): RI5320 pp. 3, 5-7, 16, 19-21
Reference (Deposit): I453
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 69-70
Reference (Deposit): MF392
Reference (Deposit): OF79-973 75 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MR32
Reference (Deposit): B622i pp. 131-139
Reference (Deposit): B773e pp. 141-158
Reference (Deposit): BMOF69-73
Reference (Deposit): PE96-3 20 pp.
Reference (Deposit): OF82-1029
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MIRL 27 p. 58
Reference (Deposit): BMOF83-81 229 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B692g pp. 144, 148
Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 33
Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 24
Reference (Deposit): B963B p. 57
Reference (Deposit): B989E pp. 298, 302
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-048
Reference (Deposit): B379e p. 95
Reference (Deposit): B442h p. 165
Reference (Deposit): B443 pp. 52, 54-55, 61-62
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 27
Reference (Deposit): B542g pp. 97, 101-102, 108-110
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 62
Reference (Deposit): B592k p. 241
Reference (Deposit): B605 pp. 14, 51, 56-57, 61, 70-96
Reference (Deposit): B642g p. 138
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 43, 52
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 50
Reference (Deposit): B662h pp. 184, 186
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