The Mountain Key Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.86444, -108.24972
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Mountain Key Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Key Mine
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Mountain Key
Secondary: Wild Bill
Secondary: Lock Vein
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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: Thomas A. Mcdermott
Home Office: Box 2604, Oshkosh, Wis. 54903
Years: 1982 -
Owner Name: Mc Dermott, T. C.
Home Office: Faywood, N. M.
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1861
Year Last Production: 1948
Discovery Year: 1861
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Pyritization, With Some Alteration To Kaolinite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011733 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): PRODUCED ABOUT $500,000 IN ORE BY 1905. AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE IN 1905 WAS APPROXIMATELY 27-48 G/T AU, 377 G/T AG, AND 3.5% CU.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRENDING NE AND DIPPING 50NW, IN HORNBLENDE QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY. VEIN IS UP TO 1 M THICK. CU INCREASES WITH DEPTH. ONE CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1924 AND ONE UNSURVEYED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 750 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH EIGHT LEVELS CONTAINING MORE THAN 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND TWO LARGE STOPES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 297-300
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 109-119
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 299-300.
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