Little Buck Mine

The Little Buck Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Buck Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: San Augustin Mountains

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: White Sands Missile Range

Owner Name: E. R. Wooley
Home Office: Las Cruces, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PODS AND SHOOTS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Axes Of Minor Folds Plunge About 30 Degrees Northwest.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO TUNNELS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, A FEW SHORT DRIFTS AND OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED ABOUT 750 FEET NORTH OF MERRIMAC SPRING.

Comment (Production): SEAGER, P. 87, REPORTED THE TOTAL VALUE OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND GOLD ORE PRODUCED FROM THE LITTLE BUCK MINE WAS 50 TO 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.205-213

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 237-238

Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, 39 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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