The San Antonio Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,724 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,724 Feet (1,440 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.14361, -107.65333
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San Antonio Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Antonio Mine
Secondary: San Antonio Group: Claims Patented In 1892
Secondary: Sunrise
Secondary: Sunset
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Florida Mountains District
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: W. J. Upton, L. R. Oldham, R. M. Raithel, C. R. Scott
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Frank Weldon ; Wade White
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF A SHORT ADIT AND SEVERAL P ROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PORTAL OF THE MAIN WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 642 AND 643 COVERING 3 9.722 ACRES. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-56
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 123-124
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