Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault Zones And Localized In Fractures And Bedding Planes Beneath An Impermeable Layer.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Embolite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite
GangueCalcite, Clay, Quartz, Talc
Geology
Host rockShale,Siltstone,Limestone,Dolomite · Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
Associated rockAndesite
StructureClaims Are Located Along A Northerly Trending Fault Which Forms The Contact Between Uplifted Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks To The East And Tertiary Andesitic Rocks To The West.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Last production1917
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10011739
MRDS IDD006848
Alternate namesOcean Wave Mining Co. 1900's, Monitor Silver Lead and Zinc Mining Co. About 1916, Antelope Both Patented In 1892. Ocean Wave and A Claim Called, Island View Were Purchased By Monitor Mining Co. From Ocean Wave, Mining Co. In 1916., Patented Claims: Ocean Wave
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.16594, -107.7231
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.267JONES, F.A., 1922 PRIVATE REPORT ON HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PLATE 2HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95, P.97NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAHARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95