The Summit Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,925 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,925 Feet (1,806 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.87306, -108.97111
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Summit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summit Mine
Secondary: Summit Consolidated Quartz Mine Group, Claims Patented In 1899
Secondary: Summit
Secondary: Summit Tunnel
Secondary: Alta
Secondary: Surprise
Secondary: Apex
Secondary: Surprise Tunnel
Secondary: Irish Jew
Secondary: Puzzle
Secondary: Black Spar
Secondary: Jack Pot
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Steeple Rock 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Summit Minerals, Inc.
Home Office: Box W, Duncan, Az. 85534
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1980
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 Northwest Striking East Camp Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Forms Prominent Ridges.
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): LOW GRADE ARE PRODUCED IN 1979 AND 1980 HAD HIGH SILICA CONTENT AND WAS PROBABLY SMELTED AT LOW OR NO COST BECAUSE OF GOOD FLUXING CHARACTERISTICS.
Comment (Deposit): TEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1010 COVERING 118.917 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF TWO TUNNELS WITH DRIFTS TOTALING ABOUT 1000 FT. OF LATERAL DEVELOPMENT AND SEVERAL SHAFTS RANGING FROM 25 FT. TO 264 FT. IN DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 193
Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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