Dove Group 1948

The Dove Group 1948 is a zinc, lead, copper, and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,850 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dove Group 1948
Secondary: Savage Tunnel
Secondary: Savage Group Prior To 1948

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: W. N. Mccartney And Associates
Home Office: Forbing, La.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Milton Benjamin
Home Office: Kingston, N.M.
Years: 1955 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1955
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Located Between Northwest Striking Bullion Fault And Picket Spring Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Dolomite

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Rhodonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF AN OLD ADIT ABOUT 110 FT. IN LENGTH AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW OPENCUTS.

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN PICKET SPRING CANYON ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE SUPERIOR CLAIM OF THE LADY FRANKLIN GROUP.

Comment (Production): MANGANESE PRODUCTION IN 1955 WAS 77.9 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE AVERAGING 30.9 % MN.

Comment (Deposit): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT

References

Reference (Production): L.L. FARNHAM, 1961 P. 105

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 105

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