The Summit Group is a lead and zinc mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.56306, -107.72944
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Summit Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summit Group
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Summit
Secondary: U.S. Depository
Secondary: Busted Banker
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Cooks Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cooks Peak Mining Co.
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1918 -
Owner Name: H. L. King And T. N. Bond
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1949 -
Production
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1904 To 1917
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 21.17% Pb.
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1912 To 1918
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 32.15% Zn.
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1904 To 1917
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 2.33 Oz Ag/Ton.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1949
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensive Silicification.
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT LEAST THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE SUMMIT CLAIM.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PERIODS WERE FROM THE 1880'S TO 1890'S, 1904 TO 1907, 1 909 TO 1913, 1915 TO 1918, AND 1949.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 87-289
Reference (Deposit): JICHA, H.L., JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 60-66, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66, TABLE 7. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM USGS PP 6 8, P. 287.
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