The Keystone Property is a lead mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,280 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: 7,280 Feet (2,219 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 44.8189, -116.75750
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Keystone Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keystone Property
Secondary: Galena Mountain
Secondary: Lead Zone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Cuddy Mountain 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Phillips, C. A.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Mundee Mines
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 1952
Description: ---- Cu 22.5 Pb 0.8 Zn 2.9 Ag 0.0075 Au 37 Cu,Pb,Zn-Wt/Pct Au,Agoz/T
Year: 1951
Description: 0.05 Cu 29.35 Pb 0.55 Zn 3.53 Ag 0.05 Au 42 Cu,Pb,Zn-Wt/Pct Au,Agoz/T
Year: 1952
Description: 0.05 Cu 34.75 Pb 0.40 Zn 4.1 Ag 0.01 Au 44 Cu,Pb,Zn-Wt/Pct Au,Agoz/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): TO DRILL. ALSO GIVES FORMER MINE NAMES OF THE 104 CLAIM
Reference (Deposit): PROPERTY.)
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, 1923, ID BUR MINES & GEOL PAMP 13, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): (SHORT DESCRIPTION OF GALENA PROPERTY WITH REGIONAL GEOLOGIC
Reference (Deposit): MAP OF CUDDY MTN MINING DISTRICT.)
Reference (Deposit): COOK, 1954, ID BUR MINES & GEOL. PAMP 97, MIN GEOL SEVE
Reference (Deposit): DEVILS REG. (DESCRIBES DEPOSIT MINERALOGY & GIVES PRODUCTION
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 3/18/1977, P.11, ROTARY DRILLING
Reference (Deposit): AT KEYSTONE.(ANBIO-ROMARC HAS AQUIRED THE PROPERTY. THEY
Reference (Deposit): HAVE DONE DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPPING & SOIL SAMPLING & PLAN
Reference (Deposit): FIGURES & ASSAYS SHOWN ON PROB GRADE-QUANT MATRIX RECORD.
Reference (Deposit): BRUCE, 1971, OREG ST UNIV PHD. THESIS, 'GEOL, MIN DEP,
Reference (Deposit): & ALT CUDDY MTN' (DETAILED GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF THE
Reference (Deposit): SURROUNDING AREA BUTDOESNOT DWELL ON THE KEYSTONE. ALSO
Reference (Deposit): GEOL MAP 1/24000.)
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