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Kelly Mine Smithsonite-Magdalena, NM

The Kelly Mine near Socorro NM (much closer to Magdalena NM) and near the VLA (Very Large Array – the HUGE radio telescope array) is the primary source for Smithsonite in the US.  However, we did very badly at the mine.  There were very large deposits of pyrite in a gross form (not the nice [...]

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