Owl Mine

The Owl Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,724 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Owl Mine
Secondary: Baldwin Mine
Secondary: Aberdeen Claim
Secondary: Morningstar

Commodity

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: M. Caraway And Associates
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1959 -

Owner Name: Baldwin Brothers
Years: 1930 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION OF CU, AU, AG & PB PRIOR TO 1905 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE GARY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): NINE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF A 160 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. MILL IN OPERATION PRIOR TO 1905.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, 361 P.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 109

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 885, 62P.

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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