Ontario Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097851
MRDS ID D009497
Record type Site
Current site name Ontario Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim, Ontario
Related records 10247367

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.9512, 32.84955 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position ABOUT 40 MILES N 83 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steeple Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 020W 07 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.9512, 32.84955

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The West To West-Northwest Striking Carlisle Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike WEST
    Dip 70 SOUTH
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Old Ontario Mining Co.
    Home office Box 93, Duncan, Az.
    First year 1973
  • Type Owner
    Owner B. F. Billingsley
    Home office Box 93, Duncan, Az.
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1941, 1942, 1945, AND 1949.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 160 FT. SHAFT WITH THREE WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-15

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 189

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN RANGING FROM 1 TO 6 FT. THICK. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references