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Lady Franklin Mine

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087430
MRDS ID D006859
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Franklin Mine
Alternate or previous names Lady Franklin Group 1880's: Mines, Bullion Mine: Patented Claims, Lady Franklin, Last Chance, Superior, August, Bullion, Evening Star, Summer, Champion, Relief.
Related records 10151047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72004, 32.93483 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 32 MILES S65W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 009W 12 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ON UNSURVEYED LAND
  • MAIN ENTRANCE IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON IN PICKET SPRING CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Dolomite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72004, 32.93483
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Striking Bullion Fault And Many Northeast Trending Cross Fractures.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 55 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Faults And Deposited In Fractures And Brecciated Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1932

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sierra Properties Ltd., Floyd Ingraham
    Home office 12317 Cedar Ridge Ne, Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner U. V. Industries Inc.
    Home office 136 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut.
    First year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.269

  • Deposit

    WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P.67, P.68

  • Deposit

    LASKEY, S.G., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P.103

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103, P.104

  • Deposit

    5) HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    6) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit SCATTERED DUNES, ELONGATE N-S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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