The Key Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,576 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,576 Feet (2,614 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.09806, -107.18917
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Key Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Key Mine
Secondary: Key Group Patented In 1906, Claims
Secondary: Key
Secondary: Key No. 2
Secondary: Key No. 3
Secondary: Grand Mogul
Secondary: Dora B.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Germany Mining And Development Co.
Years: 1920 -
Owner Name: Mine Development Co. (C.T. Brown, Manager)
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1909
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND SHOOTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ENTRANCE TO THE KEY TUNNEL.
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS COVERING 94.6 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): THE KEY TUNNEL CONNECTS WITH THE TIP TOP TUNNEL AND CONSISTS OF ABOUT 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND SMALL STOPES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): BLAKESTAD, R.B., JR., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-43, 127 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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