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Kelley Mine

Past Producer in Marion county in Texas, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063171
MRDS ID TC36813
Record type Site
Current site name Kelley Mine
Alternate or previous names Kelleyville

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.44911, 32.80266 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position 2.5 MI NW OF KELLEYVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marshall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caddo Lake(hydrologic unit)

Big Cypress-Sulphur(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Sulphur(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Marion

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Weches Member, Mount Selman Formation
    Rock description Weches Mbr, Mount Selman Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.44911, 32.80266
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 643.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Production years 1870-1886

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. A. Kelly ; Marshall Car Wheel And Foundry Co.
    First year 1869
    Last year 1886

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS AND CUTS

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 1000 LBS/DAY PIG IRON (1874) 10 LT/DAY IRON (1882) ; ECON.COM: SUPPLIED THE LOO ELLEN (KELLEY) FURNACE AT KELLYVILLE FROM 1870-1886.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 135-136

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONCRETIONS OF OXIDE ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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