Kearney Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174250
MRDS ID D009718
MAS/MILS ID 0350170298
Record type Site
Current site name Kearney Mine
Related records 10111401

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.07731, 32.80841 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017 S 012 W 27 N2NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.07731, 32.80841

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Zinc Co.
    Year 1967

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OPERATED 1942-67. PRODUCED 2500 TONS PER MONTH 1947

  • Deposit

    TWO SHAFTS AND FOUR LEVELS DOWN TO 625 FT

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES INDEX

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7507

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-97 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources 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