Keno Claim Mines

The Keno Claim Mines is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,211 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Keno Claim Mines

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization And Chloritization

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.096 OZ/AU AND 3.65 OZ AG/TON AND 2.96 PERCENT CU

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): LIMONITE, JAROSITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHALCEDONY, COPPER PITCH.

Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER VEIN STRIKES NEARLY WEST

Comment (Workings): A SERIES OF SHORT ADITS AND ONE SHAFT (INCLINED), ALSO A FEW SURFACE PITS. ALL ARE INACCESSIBLE (1981)

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: PP. 177, P. 124

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 124

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 124

Reference (Production): NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177, P 124

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