The Little Key Mine is a silver, copper, gold, and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.86944, -108.23333
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Little Key Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Key Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mountain Key Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN PARALLEL TO, AND 30 M. WEST OF, THE MOUNTAIN KEY VEIN IN HORNBLENDE QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Location): 30 M. WEST OF MOUNTAIN KEY
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. ORE AVERAGED $25/TON IN AU, AG, CU, AND ZN.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 60 M. DEEP WITH DRIFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1911, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470-B, P. 119
Reference (Production): PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1911, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470-B, P. 119.
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