The Renowned O.K. Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,874 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,874 Feet (2,400 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.47278, -105.78639
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Renowned O.K. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Renowned O.K. Mine
Secondary: Renowned Mine: Claim Patented In 1891
Secondary: Renowned O.K.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
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: New Mexico Copper Corp.
Home Office: C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm.
Years: 1964 -
Owner Name: New Mexico Copper Corp.
Home Office: C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm.
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1885
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 Located Adjacent To The Southern Margin Of The Rialto Stock.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PORTAL OF THE MAIN ADIT.
Comment (Production): GRISWOLD REPORTED THE ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION IS ABOUT 25 TONS OF LEAD-SILVER ORE SHIPPED IN 1957.
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 649 COVERING 19.918 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. ADIT WITH A SMALL STOPED AREA AND SHORT WINZE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 53-54, PLATE 7
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., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 44, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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