Summit Mine

The Summit Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,925 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Summit Mine
Secondary: Summit Consolidated Quartz Mine Group, Claims Patented In 1899
Secondary: Summit
Secondary: Summit Tunnel
Secondary: Alta
Secondary: Surprise
Secondary: Apex
Secondary: Surprise Tunnel
Secondary: Irish Jew
Secondary: Puzzle
Secondary: Black Spar
Secondary: Jack Pot

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: Summit Minerals, Inc.
Home Office: Box W, Duncan, Az. 85534
Years: 1982 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1980
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 Forms Prominent Ridges.

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena

Comments

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

Comment (Production): LOW GRADE ARE PRODUCED IN 1979 AND 1980 HAD HIGH SILICA CONTENT AND WAS PROBABLY SMELTED AT LOW OR NO COST BECAUSE OF GOOD FLUXING CHARACTERISTICS.

Comment (Deposit): TEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1010 COVERING 118.917 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF TWO TUNNELS WITH DRIFTS TOTALING ABOUT 1000 FT. OF LATERAL DEVELOPMENT AND SEVERAL SHAFTS RANGING FROM 25 FT. TO 264 FT. IN DEPTH.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 193

Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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