Uncle Sam Mine

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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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Uncle Sam Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

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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