East Camp Mine

The East Camp Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,449 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: East Camp Mine
Secondary: Mcdonald Mine
Secondary: Mcdonald Tunnel
Secondary: Davenport Mine
Secondary: Golden Nugget Mine: East Camp Consolidated Quartz Mine Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1899
Secondary: Mcdonald
Secondary: Davenport
Secondary: Great Eastern
Secondary: Gold Bug
Secondary: Gold Pick
Secondary: Gold Note
Secondary: Sunset
Secondary: Nugget

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: Lavar Parks, Riverton, Ut. : Summit Minerals, Inc. Box W, Duncan, Az. 85534
Years: 1962 -

Owner Name: Summit Minerals, Inc.
Home Office: Box W, Duncan, Ariz. 85534
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1957
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, Chloritization, Sericitization, Epidotization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A LEAST EIGHT SHAFTS RANGING FROM 116 FT. TO 635 FT. DEEP, ONE ADIT ABOUT 460 FT. LONG AND MORE THAN 7500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES. THE MOST EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ARE ON THE MCDONALD CLAIM BUT SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OCCURS ON THE DAVENPORT, NUGGET AND GOLD BUG CLAIMS.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS, VEINLETS AND FINELY DISSEMINATED PARTICLES IN A BRECCIA ZONE 1 FT. TO 10 FT. WIDE. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1011 COVERING 117.898 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): MINE WAS IDLE IN 1933, 1943 TO 1950, 1952 TO 1954. CU, PB, AND ZN ORE GRADES WERE VERY LOW.

References

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 189-192

Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, P. 1-22, P. 28

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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