The Kearney Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.80806, -108.07667
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Kearney Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kearney Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1893
Secondary: Kearney
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District; Central 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: Peru Mining Co.
Years: 1937 - 1970
Owner Name: Peru Mining Co. , U.S. Smelting , Refining And Mining Co. ; U.V. Industries
Years: 1937 - 1972
Production
Year: 1970
Time Period: 1943-1970
Material type: ORE (1)
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7.60% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D011683 BY CLINT E. SEANOR HAS BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): MINE WAS IDLE FROM 1954 TO 1955 AND FROM 1958 TO 1960. PB GRADES WERE 0.35 TO 1.5%. ORE CONTAINED VERY LITTLE COPPER (0.X%) AND A FRACTION OF AN OZ PER TO AG
Comment (Development): MAGNETITE MINED PROBABLY IN 1930'S. EXPLORED BY ABOUT 1000 FT CHURN DRILLING 1931-1934. JULY 1937 OPTIONED BY PERU MINING CO. WHICH DID 12,000 FT OF CORE DRILLING. MINE DEVELOPMENT BEGAN MARCH 1942 BY SINKING TWO SHAFTS TO 375 FT AND 675 FT DEPTHS. ZINC MINING STARTED IN 1943 AND CONTINUED WITH BRIEF INTERUPTIONS UNTIL 1967.
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 680 COVERING 18.53 ACRES. ORE BODIES REPLACE LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AT SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK ALONG TWO STEEPLY-DIPPING FAULTS AND BENEATH THICK DIORITE SILL.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF TWO 625 FT. VERTICAL SHAFTS AND ABOUT 50,000 FT. OF DRIFTING ON THREE LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 55-57
Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): STORMS, W.R., AND FAUST, J.W., 1949, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7507, 11 P.
Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.
Reference (Production): HILLESLAND, ET. AL. (1994), P. 2.
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