The Key Flower Mine is a lead, copper, silver, and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.91194, -117.78556
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Key Flower Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Key Flower Mine
Secondary: Key Flower
Secondary: Key Flower Nos. 1-3
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Key Flower Nos. 4&5 Claims.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellsworth District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Walter Browder
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Chloritization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF 35 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.01-0.22 OZ/T AU AND 0.1 TO 8.0 OZ/T AG.
Materials
Ore: Iron
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL SPRING 1/2 MILE NE & ABOVE MINE; CAMEL SPRINGS. 1 1/2 MILE NE OF MINE; ANTELOPE SPRINGS 4 MILES SE OF MINE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): 6 MILES SW OF ELLSWORTH; UTM IS TO PROSPECT IN GENERAL AREA OF KEY FLOWER MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): BROWDER DEEPENED SHAFT FROM 17 TO 117 FT. BY JAN. 1936. F.G. RILEY DROVE A 200-FT ADIT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT BY APRIL 1936. NO COMMERCIAL GRADE ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED.
Comment (Deposit): STRONGLY BANDED QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN WITH SMALLER PARALLEL VEINS
Comment (Workings): SHAFT SUNK TO ABOUT 25 FT. AND THEN ABANDONED; LONG CUT; 28-FT. SHAFT; NUMEROUS CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): GIANELLA, V.P., 1935, UNPUBLISHED PETROGRAPHIC REPORT ON ROCKS FROM KEY FLOWER MINE, PARADISE RANGE, NV.; ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 226 ITEM 3
Reference (Deposit): YORK, B., 19368 UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AT KEY FLOWER MINE; NBMG FILE 226 ITEM 4.
Reference (Deposit): YORK, B., 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KEY FLOWER MINE; NBMG FILES, FILE 226 ITEM 2.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
