The Keystone Mine is a lead and copper mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 9,026 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: 9,026 Feet (2,751 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.61917, -111.54111
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Keystone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keystone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Summit
District: Park City District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Sedimentary Rocks Are Broken And Faulted By Fissures Striking N 40 - 60 E, Dip 40 - 70 Se. The Area Is Complexly Faulted. General Strike Of Bedrock Is N 70 - 80 E, Dip 30 - 40 Nw.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NO COMMERCIAL ORE BODIES
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1912 CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AND A SHAFT 240 FT DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF PARK CITY DIST: USGS PP 77 , P. 219
Reference (Deposit): BARNES, M.P. & SIMOS, J.G., 1968 , ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY DIST IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE US, 1933 - 67 , GRATON-SALES VOL 2 , P. 1123
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966 , GEOL MAP OF BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 534
Reference (Production): BARNES & SIMOS, 1968
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