The Three Bears Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,350 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,350 Feet (1,326 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.39472, -106.10306
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Three Bears Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three Bears Mine
Secondary: Three Bears Group: Claims Patented In 1890
Secondary: Grizzly Bear
Secondary: Cinna Mon Bear
Secondary: Brown Bear
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Orogrande 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: Silver Bar Mines Co. And Homan Arnold
Home Office: El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Three Bears Mining Co. And Jarilla Copper Co.
Years: 1900 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1882
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS DISCONTINUOUS SHOOTS AND POCKETS. A SHOOT ON TH E SECOND LEVEL OF THE MINE WAS STOPED FOR A LENGTH OF 50 TO 60 FT., A WIDTH OF 15 TO 20 FT., AND AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 4 FT.. THREE PATENT ED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 534, 535, AND 536 COVERING 59.13 ACRE S.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.
Comment (Production): LINDGREN, ET AL, REPORTED A TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUE OF A FEW THOUSA ND DOLLARS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF A 525 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT W ITH FIVE LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 86-187
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P.44, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): BEANE, R.E, JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 2 6TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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