| Deposit ID | 10013436 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009723 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oswaldo Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Booth Group: Claims Patented In 1903, Booth, Oswaldo, Nugent, Come By Chance, King Copper, Garfield, Boston, Voltaire, Six Eight One, Alfonso, Albino, Syrena, Includes Oswaldo No. 1 and No. 2 Mines |
| Related records | 10199427 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.08394, 32.80955 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 11.5 MILES N 78 E OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017S | 012W | 21 | SE4 OF NE4 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Model code | 60 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18c |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Zn-Pb |
| Mark3 model number | 22 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Fierro-Hanover Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Fierro-Hanover Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation |
| Rock description | Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation |
| (1) | -108.08394, 32.80955 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1944 |
| Year of last production | 1971 |
| District name | Fierro-Hanover District; Central District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | New Jersey Zinc Co. |
| Home office | New York, N. Y. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Last year | 1970 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Copper Corp. |
| Home office | Hurley, N. M. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009723 |
ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 58
HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE BODY OF OSWALDO NO. 1 MINE REPLACES LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AT SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. ORE BODY OF OSWALDO NO. 2 MINE REPLACES LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE ALONG CREST OF ASYMETRICAL ANTICLINE AND ADJACENT TO GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE AT NORTH MARGIN OF SANTA RITA STOCK. 12 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1105 COVERING 190.249 ACRES. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBERS D011684 AND D011685 BY RON WORL WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1984 | Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 28-OCT-1994 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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