Kelly Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gemstone, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105271
MRDS ID TC36013
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Various Other Mines In the Magdalena District
Related records 10126913

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.17753, 34.06815 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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 Grande-Albuquerque(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GREEN COLORED, CUT AND SOLD AS CABACHONS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.17753, 34.06815

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magdalena District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF EXCELLENT MATERIAL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LITTLE LEFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTER, M.D., 1977, GEM MATERIALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 267-276

  • Production

    CARTER (1977).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN ZINC VEIN IN CAVITY SEVERAL FT WIDE AND 25 FT LONG, OCCURRED IN LAYERS 2 IN THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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