Big Three Prospect

The Big Three Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,669 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Big Three Prospect  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Hidalgo

Elevation: 4,669 Feet (1,423 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 32.2825, -108.74611

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Big Three Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Big Three Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict


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: R. E. Caraway
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1940 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ON NE-TRENDING VEIN, PROBABLY CONTINUATION OF HOMESTAKE-NEEDMORE VEIN IN ANDESITE.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.


References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 109

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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