Kennedy Mine

The Kennedy Mine is a iron mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,461 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Kennedy Mine
Secondary: Mine: Kennedy Iron Ore Mine
Secondary: Kennedy Limonite
Secondary: San Jose
Secondary: Patented Claims 1905: Iron King
Secondary: Iron Queen
Secondary: Moniter

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Glorieta 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Grubnau, V. C.
Years: 1923 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Glorieta Creek Antcline; Glorieta Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A COMPOSITE CHARACTER SAMPLE CONTAINED 53.4% FE, 0.13% P, 0.14% S, 3.2% SIOZ, 0.1% TI, & 5.8% MN.

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM KELLEY'S (1949, P. 195) DIRECTIONS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Commodity): THE LIMONITE IS SOFT, POROUS, AND OCHERY IN SEVERAL SHADES OF YELLOW, RED AND BROWN

Comment (Production): LINDGREN (1910, P. 112) STATES THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS WERE PRODUCED. ELSTON (1967, P. 33) STATES THAT 3500 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED, MOSTLY BEFORE 1905, TO LEAD SMELTERS AT SOCORRO AND EL PASO FOR FLUX.

Comment (Development): THE MINE WAS BEING HELD UNDER THE SAN JOSE CLAIM IN 1943 BUT KELLEY (1949, P. 195) DOES NOT GIVE AN OWNER'S NAME.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BED IS A LENS OF SOFT, POROUS, OCHERY, IMPURE, SUPERGENE LIMONITE 3 TO 5 FEET THICK. THE BED COVERS AN IRREGULAR ELLIPTICAL AREA EXTENDING 300 FEET NORTH, UP-CHANNEL, ABOUT 150 FEET WIDE. THE LIMONITE PARTLY REPLACES FINE-GRAINED CLASTIC ROCKS OF THE SAN ANDRES FORMATION ALONG BEDDING PLANES. THE ROCKS STRIKE N 15 W AND DIP 7 W.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS EXTENDING 300-FT. ALONG STRIKE AND 150 FEET UPDIP. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL OPENCUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOL., NO. 2, P. 195-197.

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M. AND F.J. KELLY, 1963, USBM IC 8190, P. 63

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 33.

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 112

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