The Ontario Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.84944, -108.95056
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Ontario Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ontario Mine
Secondary: Claim
Secondary: Ontario
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Steeple Rock 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: B. F. Billingsley
Home Office: Box 93, Duncan, Az.
Years: 1972 -
Owner Name: Old Ontario Mining Co.
Home Office: Box 93, Duncan, Az.
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1949
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
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along The West To West-Northwest Striking Carlisle Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1941, 1942, 1945, AND 1949.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN RANGING FROM 1 TO 6 FT. THICK. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 160 FT. SHAFT WITH THREE WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTING.
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-15
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 189
Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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