The Big Three Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,669 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,669 Feet (1,423 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.2825, -108.74611
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Big Three Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Three Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. E. Caraway
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ON NE-TRENDING VEIN, PROBABLY CONTINUATION OF HOMESTAKE-NEEDMORE VEIN IN ANDESITE.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 109
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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