Old Man Mine

The Old Man Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,152 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Old Man Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Old Man
Secondary: Old Man No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fleming 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Seldomridge, C. B.
Home Office: Colorado
Years: 1949 -

Owner Name: Old Man Mining Co. ; C. T. Mclendon
Years: 1880 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1949
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 503 AND 998 COVERING 36.544 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1880'S CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, TUNNELS AND INCLINED ADITS TOTALING OVER 1500 FT. IN OVERALL LENGTH.

Comment (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1936, 1937 AND 1949.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 304-305

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 67

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF U. S., FOLIO 199, P. 14-15

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS. ESTIMATE FROM USGS PP 68, P. 304.

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