The Uncle Sam Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,676 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,676 Feet (1,730 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.51722, -108.31222
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Uncle Sam Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uncle Sam Mine
Secondary: Uncle Sam Group Patented In 1910
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Uncle Sam
Secondary: Dame Fortune
Secondary: Free Coinage
Secondary: Lone Miner
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains; Walnut Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Emily H. Hagen
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1962 -
Owner Name: Moonbeam Mining Co.
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along The N45w Striking Uncle Sam Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE WHITE SIGNAL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN 1 FT. TO 8 FT. WIDE ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1373 COVERING 81.264 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 349
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 100, PLATE 7
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND,D.C.,1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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