The Crow Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.47278, -105.78417
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Crow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crow Mine
Secondary: Silver Bar Mine
Secondary: Crow Group: Claims Patented In 1908
Secondary: Crow
Secondary: Georgie Belle
Secondary: Young American
Secondary: Margaret Lee
Secondary: Jennie Louise
Secondary: Josephine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ira M. Young
Home Office: Capitan, N.M.
Years: 1980 -
Owner Name: East Utah Mining Co.
Home Office: Reno, Nv.
Years: 1964 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1950
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposit Is Located Adjacent To The Southern Margin Of The Rialto Stock.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PORTAL OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
Comment (Deposit): SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1306 COVERING 121.279 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1963 CONSISTED A 650 FT. ADIT WITH TWO SHORT CROSSCUTS AND A 55 FT. WINZE. A VERTICAL SHAFT INTERSECTED THE ADIT ABOUT 400 FT. FROM THE PORTAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): MARDIROSIAN, C.A., 1964 GEOLCHEMICAL EXPLORATION OF CROW MINE AREA, LINCOLN COUNTY, N.M., UTAH UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 84 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 12-16, FIGURES 2 AND 11
Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1976 USGS BULL 1453, P. 43, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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