Renowned O.K. Mine

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

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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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