Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence

Key Flower Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
LeadCopperSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlGouge Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Iron, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationSericitization, Chloritization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10045711
MRDS IDM233508
Alternate namesKey Flower, Key Flower Nos. 1-3, Claims, Key Flower Nos. 4&5 Claims.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.91186, -117.7865
References
YORK, B., 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KEY FLOWER MINE; NBMG FILES, FILE 226 ITEM 2.GIANELLA, V.P., 1935, UNPUBLISHED PETROGRAPHIC REPORT ON ROCKS FROM KEY FLOWER MINE, PARADISE RANGE, NV.; ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 226 ITEM 3YORK, B., 19368 UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AT KEY FLOWER MINE; NBMG FILE 226 ITEM 4.