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Kept Woman Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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  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. Production statistics
  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 10013433
MRDS ID D009719
Record type Site
Current site name Kept Woman Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In the 1890's, Mogul, Mina Grande, Kept Woman, Juniper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.22923, 32.85428 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.25 MILES N 28 E OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Bayard(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 017S 013W 06 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.22923, 32.85428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N13E
    Dip 70W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1938
Production years 1917, 1929, 1932, 1934-1938

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. J. Simmons
    Home office Pinos Altos, N. M.
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Adam Esplen
    First year 1930

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Period 1917-1938
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 3.33 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Silver Silver 94g/mt
  • Year 1938
    Period 1917-1938
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.10% Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    ORE Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1938
    Period 1917-1938
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.28 Oz Au/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor ORE Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Gold Gold 8g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE MOGUL AND MINA GRANDE CLAIMS IS INCLUDED WITH OTHER PROPERTIES AND CAN NOT BE SEPARATED. ORE GRADE AVERAGED $5/TON AU, 5-6 OZ/TON AG, 6-7% ZN, AND 2% CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 670.56M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1911 CONSISTED OF A 500 FT. SHAFT, TWO 300 FT. SHAFTS AND MORE THAN 2200 FT. OF DRIFTING ON THE VEIN. SHAFT 90 M DEEP WITH DRIFT. MINA GRANDE, MOGUL, AND KEPT WOMAN MINE ARE THREE SHAFTS WITH PARTIALLY INTERCONNECTED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF ABOUT 500 M. MINA GRANDE AND MOGUL ARE CONNECTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O. H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 52

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 120

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 796, 797, 810 AND 988 COVERING 62.329 ACRES.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011738 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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