Key Mine

The Key Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,576 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Key Mine
Secondary: Key Group Patented In 1906, Claims
Secondary: Key
Secondary: Key No. 2
Secondary: Key No. 3
Secondary: Grand Mogul
Secondary: Dora B.

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena 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: Germany Mining And Development Co.
Years: 1920 -

Owner Name: Mine Development Co. (C.T. Brown, Manager)
Years: 1909 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1909
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: PODS AND SHOOTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ENTRANCE TO THE KEY TUNNEL.

Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS COVERING 94.6 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): THE KEY TUNNEL CONNECTS WITH THE TIP TOP TUNNEL AND CONSISTS OF ABOUT 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND SMALL STOPES.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258

Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): BLAKESTAD, R.B., JR., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-43, 127 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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