Warnock Mine

The Warnock Mine is a lead mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Warnock Mine
Secondary: Alamo Mine
Secondary: Warnock Adit
Secondary: East Warnock Workings: Alamo Group
Secondary: Alam O Extension Group
Secondary: Warnock Group
Secondary: Warnock Extension Group: Holmes and Stewart Property
Secondary: Hershberger Property

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Cobalt

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Sacramento 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Frank Holmes
Home Office: Modesto, Ca.
Years: 1956 -

Owner Name: Lester Millhouse
Home Office: High Rolls, N.M.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1956
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: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Smithsonite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE ALAMOGORDO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGL E AND THE HIGH ROLLS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1965 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF D RIFTS, INCLINES, STOPES, RAISES, OPENCUTS, ADITS, AND MORE THAN 1500 F EET OF BULLDOZER WORK.

References

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 72

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 103

Reference (Deposit): PRAY, L.C., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 35, P. 104

Reference (Deposit): JEROME, S.E., CAMPBELL, D.D., WRIGHT, J.S., AND VITZ, H.E., 1965 NM BMMR BULL 86, P. 6-19, PLATES 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, AND 10.

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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