Renowned O.K. Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10097876
MRDS ID D010692
Record type Site
Current site name Renowned O.K. Mine
Alternate or previous names Renowned Mine: Claim Patented In 1891, Renowned O.K.
Related records 10272144

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.78694, 33.47289 (WGS84)
Elevation 2400
Relative position ABOUT 13 MILES S 25 E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

White Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 011E 03 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PORTAL OF THE MAIN ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sierra Blanca Volcanics;Rialto Stock
    Rock description Sierra Blanca Volcanics;Rialto Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.78694, 33.47289

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Located Adjacent To The Southern Margin Of The Rialto Stock.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 75 TO 85 W
    Dip 65 TO 75 SW
    Thickness 0.3M

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
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer Rolla Wells
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Mexico Copper Corp.
    Home office C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm.
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Mexico Copper Corp.
    Home office C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm.
    First year 1964

Comments on the production information

  • GRISWOLD REPORTED THE ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION IS ABOUT 25 TONS OF LEAD-SILVER ORE SHIPPED IN 1957.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. ADIT WITH A SMALL STOPED AREA AND SHORT WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 53-54, PLATE 7

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 12-16, FIGURES 2 AND 11

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 44, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 649 COVERING 19.918 ACRES.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 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