Crow Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. 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 10014062
MRDS ID D010681
Record type Site
Current site name Crow Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Bar Mine, Crow Group: Claims Patented In 1908, Crow, Georgie Belle, Young American, Margaret Lee, Jennie Louise, Josephine
Related records 10223475

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.78472, 33.47289 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position ABOUT 13 MILES S26E 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)

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 ENTRANCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
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) -105.78472, 33.47289

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N70 TO 80W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.61M

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 1950
Discoverer A.R. Byrd
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Utah Mining Co.
    Home office Reno, Nv.
    First year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ira M. Young
    Home office Capitan, N.M.
    First year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 259.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN 1963 CONSISTED A 650 FT. ADIT WITH TWO SHORT CROSSCUTS AND A 55 FT. WINZE. A VERTICAL SHAFT INTERSECTED THE ADIT ABOUT 400 FT. FROM THE PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARDIROSIAN, C.A., 1964 GEOLCHEMICAL EXPLORATION OF CROW MINE AREA, LINCOLN COUNTY, N.M., UTAH UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 84 PAGES

  • 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., 1976 USGS BULL 1453, P. 43, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S
Deposit SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1306 COVERING 121.279 ACRES.

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