The Old Man Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.79333, -108.38222
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Old Man Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Man Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Old Man
Secondary: Old Man No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fleming District
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: Seldomridge, C. B.
Home Office: Colorado
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: Old Man Mining Co. ; C. T. Mclendon
Years: 1880 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1885
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 503 AND 998 COVERING 36.544 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1880'S CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, TUNNELS AND INCLINED ADITS TOTALING OVER 1500 FT. IN OVERALL LENGTH.
Comment (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1936, 1937 AND 1949.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 304-305
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 67
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF U. S., FOLIO 199, P. 14-15
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS. ESTIMATE FROM USGS PP 68, P. 304.
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