Keystone Mine 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011706
MRDS ID D006805
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Mine 1880's
Alternate or previous names North Percha Camp: Patented In 1907 Keystone Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74421, 32.9765 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES S 70 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 009W 27 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH PERCHA CREEK AND WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74421, 32.9765

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major Faults Trend North And Minor Faults Trend Northwest To Southwest.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 10 TO 12 E
    Dip 75 SE
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Templar Mining Co.
    Home office New York Life Building, Kansas City, Mo.
    First year 1936
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Lingdell.
    Home office 1007 Central Ave., Bridgeport, CT
    First year 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910'S CONSISTED OF A 108 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A 180 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A 672 FT. ADIT, A 612 FT. TUNNEL AND ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 268-270

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 98-105

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SHOOTS AND PODS IN A VEIN AVERAGING ABOUT 5 FT. IN WIDTH. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 565 COVERING 15.49 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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