International Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013942
MRDS ID D010514
Record type Site
Current site name International Mine
Alternate or previous names Keno Mine, Rector Mine, Or Rattlesnake Mine: Claims, Keno, Keno Extention

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.1695, 31.7857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1440
Relative position ABOUT 41.5 MILES S 37 W OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Victorio Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029S 013W 16 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE VICTORIO RANCH TOPOGRAPHIC QUADR ANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Howells Ridge Formation;U-Bar Formation
    Rock description Howells Ridge Formation;U-Bar Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.1695, 31.7857

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 30 TO 45 E
    Dip 85 NW
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE UPPER PART OF LASKY'S (1947) HOWELLS RIDGE FM. IS EQUIVALENT T O ZELLER'S (1970) U-BAR FM..

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer Volney Rector
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Fremont District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joseph Deckert
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Altru Minerals
    Home office 6005 Truchas Dr. Ne, Albuquerque, N.M. 87109
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF THREE SHAFTS RANGING FROM 100 TO 250 FT. DEEP AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 3 45-347

  • Deposit

    STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 200-203

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 138-143

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, 101 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, 22 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1961.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references