Owl Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101440
MRDS ID D003363
Record type Site
Current site name Owl Mine
Alternate or previous names Baldwin Mine, Aberdeen Claim, Morningstar
Related records 10150508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75091, 32.28929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1440
Relative position ABOUT 4.75 MILES S 31 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 019W 24 NW OF SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE GARY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.75091, 32.28929

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 80 SOUTH

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

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Baldwin Brothers
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Caraway And Associates
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF A 160 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. MILL IN OPERATION PRIOR TO 1905.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 109

  • Deposit

    THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NINE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION OF CU, AU, AG & PB PRIOR TO 1905 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-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