The Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines is a lead and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.16583, -107.72250
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Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines
Secondary: Ocean Wave Mining Co. 1900's
Secondary: Monitor Silver Lead and Zinc Mining Co. About 1916
Secondary: Patented Claims: Ocean Wave
Secondary: Antelope Both Patented In 1892. Ocean Wave and A Claim Called
Secondary: Island View Were Purchased By Monitor Mining Co. From Ocean Wave
Secondary: Mining Co. In 1916.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hermosa (Palomas) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Monitor Silver Lead And Zinc Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -
Owner Name: Krakauer-Zork Co.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Claims Are Located Along A Northerly Trending Fault Which Forms The Contact Between Uplifted Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks To The East And Tertiary Andesitic Rocks To The West.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Embolite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): ADDITIONAL HOST ROCK FORMATIONS ARE PENN. MAGDALENA GROUP, MISS. KELLY FM., MISS. LAKE VALLEY FM., DEV. ONATE FM., ORD. VALMONT FM., AND ORD. MONTOYA FM.. FOR REGIONAL TRENDS, TECTONIC SETTING AND GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE HERMOSA DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE ANTELOPE MINE IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF HERMOSA.
Comment (Production): THE ANTELOPE AND OCEAN WAVE MINES WERE CREDITED WITH 200000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE, PRINCIPALLY IN SILVER, PRIOR TO 1932.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHOOTS WITHIN FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONES, OR IN BEDS AND POCKETS ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES. MOST IMPORTANT ORE BODIES WERE FOUND BELOW AN IMPERMEABLE SHALE AND AT FAULT-FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS. 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NOS. 763 AND 896 COVERING 28.32 ACRES. 1 CLAIM (ISLAND VIEW) OF UNDETERMINED STATUS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED PRIOR TO 1920 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, AN ADIT 500 FT IN LENGTH, AND 500 FT OF DRIFTING-CROSSCUTS-RAISES.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1922 PRIVATE REPORT ON HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PLATE 2
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.267
Reference (Production): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95, P.97
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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