The Big Three Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.45, -106.58139
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Big Three Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Three Mine
Secondary: Big Three Group: Claims Patented In 1925
Secondary: Plutus
Secondary: Ruby
Secondary: Badger
Secondary: Raven
Secondary: Eclipse
Secondary: London: Unpatented Claim
Secondary: Wedge
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: San Augustin Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: G. B. Luchen
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1912
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): DUNHAM, 1935, REPORTED SEVERAL CARLOADS OF SILVER ORE AVERAGING 100 OZ AG/TON WERE PRODUCED IN 1904.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE BIG THREE MINE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPENCUTS AND TWO INACCESSIBLE VERTICAL SHAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THREE FISSURE VEINS RANGING FROM 1 FT. TO 2.5 FT. THICK. SEVEN CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1900 COVERING 107.583 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 200
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-85
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