Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines

The Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines is a lead and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines
Secondary: Ocean Wave Mining Co. 1900's
Secondary: Monitor Silver Lead and Zinc Mining Co. About 1916
Secondary: Patented Claims: Ocean Wave
Secondary: Antelope Both Patented In 1892. Ocean Wave and A Claim Called
Secondary: Island View Were Purchased By Monitor Mining Co. From Ocean Wave
Secondary: Mining Co. In 1916.

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hermosa (Palomas) District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Monitor Silver Lead And Zinc Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -

Owner Name: Krakauer-Zork Co.
Years: 1930 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1880
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: PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Claims Are Located Along A Northerly Trending Fault Which Forms The Contact Between Uplifted Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks To The East And Tertiary Andesitic Rocks To The West.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Embolite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): ADDITIONAL HOST ROCK FORMATIONS ARE PENN. MAGDALENA GROUP, MISS. KELLY FM., MISS. LAKE VALLEY FM., DEV. ONATE FM., ORD. VALMONT FM., AND ORD. MONTOYA FM.. FOR REGIONAL TRENDS, TECTONIC SETTING AND GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE HERMOSA DISTRICT.

Comment (Location): MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE ANTELOPE MINE IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF HERMOSA.

Comment (Production): THE ANTELOPE AND OCEAN WAVE MINES WERE CREDITED WITH 200000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE, PRINCIPALLY IN SILVER, PRIOR TO 1932.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHOOTS WITHIN FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONES, OR IN BEDS AND POCKETS ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES. MOST IMPORTANT ORE BODIES WERE FOUND BELOW AN IMPERMEABLE SHALE AND AT FAULT-FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS. 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NOS. 763 AND 896 COVERING 28.32 ACRES. 1 CLAIM (ISLAND VIEW) OF UNDETERMINED STATUS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED PRIOR TO 1920 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, AN ADIT 500 FT IN LENGTH, AND 500 FT OF DRIFTING-CROSSCUTS-RAISES.

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1922 PRIVATE REPORT ON HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PLATE 2

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.267

Reference (Production): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95, P.97

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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