Key Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10087571
MRDS ID D007907
Record type Site
Current site name Key Mine
Alternate or previous names Key Group Patented In 1906, Claims, Key, Key No. 2, Key No. 3, Grand Mogul, Dora B.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.18977, 34.09815 (WGS84)
Elevation 2614
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES N 80 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)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S 003W 31 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ENTRANCE TO THE KEY TUNNEL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.18977, 34.09815

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1909

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mine Development Co. (C.T. Brown, Manager)
    First year 1909
  • Type Owner
    Owner Germany Mining And Development Co.
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE KEY TUNNEL CONNECTS WITH THE TIP TOP TUNNEL AND CONSISTS OF ABOUT 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND SMALL STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BLAKESTAD, R.B., JR., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-43, 127 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS COVERING 94.6 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 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