Kept Woman Mine

The Kept Woman Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Kept Woman Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In the 1890's
Secondary: Mogul
Secondary: Mina Grande
Secondary: Kept Woman
Secondary: Juniper

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead

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: Adam Esplen
Years: 1930 -

Owner Name: J. J. Simmons
Home Office: Pinos Altos, N. M.
Years: 1938 -

Production

Year: 1938
Time Period: 1917-1938
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 3.33 Oz Ag/Ton.
Year: 1938
Time Period: 1917-1938
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.10% Cu.
Year: 1938
Time Period: 1917-1938
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.28 Oz Au/Ton.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1938
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

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1911 CONSISTED OF A 500 FT. SHAFT, TWO 300 FT. SHAFTS AND MORE THAN 2200 FT. OF DRIFTING ON THE VEIN. SHAFT 90 M DEEP WITH DRIFT. MINA GRANDE, MOGUL, AND KEPT WOMAN MINE ARE THREE SHAFTS WITH PARTIALLY INTERCONNECTED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF ABOUT 500 M. MINA GRANDE AND MOGUL ARE CONNECTED.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS.

Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE MOGUL AND MINA GRANDE CLAIMS IS INCLUDED WITH OTHER PROPERTIES AND CAN NOT BE SEPARATED. ORE GRADE AVERAGED $5/TON AU, 5-6 OZ/TON AG, 6-7% ZN, AND 2% CU.

Comment (Deposit): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 796, 797, 810 AND 988 COVERING 62.329 ACRES.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011738 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301

Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O. H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 52

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70

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 (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 120

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

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