The Oswaldo Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.80944, -108.08333
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Oswaldo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oswaldo Mine
Secondary: Booth Group: Claims Patented In 1903
Secondary: Booth
Secondary: Oswaldo
Secondary: Nugent
Secondary: Come By Chance
Secondary: King Copper
Secondary: Garfield
Secondary: Boston
Secondary: Voltaire
Secondary: Six Eight One
Secondary: Alfonso
Secondary: Albino
Secondary: Syrena
Secondary: Includes Oswaldo No. 1 and No. 2 Mines
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District; Central District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Home Office: Hurley, N. M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: New Jersey Zinc Co.
Home Office: New York, N. Y.
Years: 1943 - 1970
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Year Last Production: 1971
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE OSWALDO NO. 1 SHAFT AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. OSWALDO NO. 2 AT 32-48-30N, 108-04-15W.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1944 TO 1952 AND IN 1969. PRODUCTION PROBABLY GREATER THAN ESITIMATES.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY OF OSWALDO NO. 1 MINE REPLACES LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AT SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. ORE BODY OF OSWALDO NO. 2 MINE REPLACES LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE ALONG CREST OF ASYMETRICAL ANTICLINE AND ADJACENT TO GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE AT NORTH MARGIN OF SANTA RITA STOCK. 12 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1105 COVERING 190.249 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1957 CONSISTED OF TWO WORKING LEVELS WITH ACCESS BY A 500 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBERS D011684 AND D011685 BY RON WORL WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 58
Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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