Mine detail: Antelope and Ocean Wave Mines

Previously called 'Ocean Wave Mining Co. 190
*Monitor Silver Lead and Zinc Mining Co. About 1916Antelope Both Patented In 1892. Ocean Wave and A Claim CalledIsland View Were Purchased By Monitor Mining Co. From Ocean WaveMining Co. In 1916.Patented Claims: Ocean Wave'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.16594, -107.7231

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Embolite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay, Quartz, Talc
Orebody form:	PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1917

Geology

Host rock:	Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
Host type:	Shale,Siltstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Claims 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.

References

MRDS	D006848
DEP	10011739
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.267}{Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1922 PRIVATE REPORT ON HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PLATE 2}{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95, P.97}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95}
Reporter	Menzie, David