Lady Franklin Mine

The Lady Franklin Mine is a silver, copper, lead, and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lady Franklin Mine
Secondary: Lady Franklin Group 1880's: Mines
Secondary: Bullion Mine: Patented Claims
Secondary: Lady Franklin
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Superior
Secondary: August
Secondary: Bullion
Secondary: Evening Star
Secondary: Summer
Secondary: Champion
Secondary: Relief.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston 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: U. V. Industries Inc.
Home Office: 136 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut.
Years: 1976 -

Owner Name: Sierra Properties Ltd., Floyd Ingraham
Home Office: 12317 Cedar Ridge Ne, Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1976 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1932
Discovery Year: 1885
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

Type: L
Description: Northwest Striking Bullion Fault And Many Northeast Trending Cross Fractures.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Dolomite

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Alabandite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED DUNES, ELONGATE N-S

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS WERE REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 2800 FT TUNNEL WHICH CONNECTS WITH 4 VERTICAL SHAFTS (THE CRUISE SHAFT, THE BULLION SHAFT, THE SUPERIOR SHAFT AND THE LADY FRANKLIN SHAFT), 1500 FT OF DRIFTING, WINZES, RAISES AND STOPING.

Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.

Comment (Location): MAIN ENTRANCE IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON IN PICKET SPRING CANYON.

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ON UNSURVEYED LAND

Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS FORMED AS MASSIVE BEDDING REPLACEMENTS AND FISSURE FILLINGS ALONG THE NORTHWEST STRIKING BULLION FAULT ZONE. THE BULLION AND SUPERIOR DEPOSITS CONTAIN OXIDIZED ORES IN SILICIFIED AND BRECCIATED DOLOMITE ALONG THE MAIN FAULT ZONE. THE LADY FRANKLIN DEPOSITS CONTAIN OXIDIZED ORE IN FRACTURES STRIKING N55E TO N80E AND WITHIN DOLOMITE AS BEDDING REPLACEMENT. 9 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 82.31 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): 6) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): 5) HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103, P.104

Reference (Deposit): LASKEY, S.G., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P.103

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P.67, P.68

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.269

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