The Fleming Camp Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.79583, -108.38056
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Fleming Camp Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fleming Camp Mine
Secondary: Old Man
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fleming Camp District, Bear Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Year Last Production: 1893
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Physiographic Detail: Southern Continental Divide
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: N-Nw Trending Ridge
Type: L
Description: Bear Mountain Ridge
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH END OF TREASURE MOUNTAIN
Comment (Production): ONE SMALL CHAMBER PRODUCED $40,000 IN AG
Comment (Deposit): MANY IRREGULAR POCKETS OF ORE IN A FEW QUARTZITE BEDS. MAJOR MINES ON WEST SIDE OF BEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD W006780 BY SUE A. BILBEY WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR OXIDIZED BODIES IN CRETACEOUS BEARTOOTH QUARTZITE. ORE MOSTLY ABOVE 25 M LEVEL IN MINE.
Comment (Workings): ONLY DATA FOR OLD MAN MINE. DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 90 M BY INCLINED SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 87, P. 139-149.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 304-305.
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