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Kelly Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012336
MRDS ID D007905
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Mine
Alternate or previous names Tri Bullion Shaft, Paschal Shaft, Traylor Shaft, Kelly Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.20143, 34.08676 (WGS84)
Elevation 2332
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES N 83 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S;002S 003W;004W 31;36 SW (31); SE (36) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC, UTM AND CADASTRAL LOCATION ARE FOR THE TRI BULLION SHAFT SHOWN ON THE MAGDALENA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.20143, 34.08676
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Kelly-Graphic Fault Zone And Brown Fault Strike About N 20 W.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Fractures And Replaced Favorable Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Year of first production 1878
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. D. Torres Of Magdalena, N.M. And C. Barrett Of Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co., (Empire Zinc Division)
    Home office 160 Front St., New York, N.Y.
    First year 1957

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INCLUDING DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES. ACCESS INCLUDED THREE SHAFTS AND A TUNNEL. TEN WORKING LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 33-35

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 135-139

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, A.J., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 149-159

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WAS COVERED BY 40 CLAIMS COVERING 578 ACRES, REPORTED IN 1942 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 200.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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