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Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011739
MRDS ID D006848
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines
Alternate or previous names Ocean Wave Mining Co. 1900's, Monitor Silver Lead and Zinc Mining Co. About 1916, Patented Claims: Ocean Wave, Antelope Both Patented In 1892. Ocean Wave and A Claim Called, Island View Were Purchased By Monitor Mining Co. From Ocean Wave, Mining Co. In 1916.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.7231, 33.16594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 25 MILES N85W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugarloaf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013S 009W 23,24 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE ANTELOPE MINE IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF HERMOSA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Embolite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.7231, 33.16594
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Claims Are Located Along A Northerly Trending Fault Which Forms The Contact Between Uplifted Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks To The East And Tertiary Andesitic Rocks To The West.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault Zones And Localized In Fractures And Bedding Planes Beneath An Impermeable Layer.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADDITIONAL HOST ROCK FORMATIONS ARE PENN. MAGDALENA GROUP, MISS. KELLY FM., MISS. LAKE VALLEY FM., DEV. ONATE FM., ORD. VALMONT FM., AND ORD. MONTOYA FM.. FOR REGIONAL TRENDS, TECTONIC SETTING AND GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE HERMOSA DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Hermosa (Palomas) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Krakauer-Zork Co.
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner Monitor Silver Lead And Zinc Mining Co.
    First year 1930

Comments on the production information

  • THE ANTELOPE AND OCEAN WAVE MINES WERE CREDITED WITH 200000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE, PRINCIPALLY IN SILVER, PRIOR TO 1932.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED PRIOR TO 1920 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, AN ADIT 500 FT IN LENGTH, AND 500 FT OF DRIFTING-CROSSCUTS-RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.267

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1922 PRIVATE REPORT ON HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PLATE 2

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95, P.97

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHOOTS WITHIN FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONES, OR IN BEDS AND POCKETS ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES. MOST IMPORTANT ORE BODIES WERE FOUND BELOW AN IMPERMEABLE SHALE AND AT FAULT-FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS. 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NOS. 763 AND 896 COVERING 28.32 ACRES. 1 CLAIM (ISLAND VIEW) OF UNDETERMINED STATUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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