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Summit Mine

Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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 10107983
MRDS ID D009499
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Mine
Alternate or previous names Summit Consolidated Quartz Mine Group, Claims Patented In 1899, Summit, Summit Tunnel, Alta, Surprise, Apex, Surprise Tunnel, Irish Jew, Puzzle, Black Spar, Jack Pot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.97175, 32.87317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1806
Relative position ABOUT 41.5 MILES N 81 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steeple Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 021W 35,36 NE (35); W2 (36) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Forms Prominent Ridges.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.97175, 32.87317
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Northwest Striking East Camp Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 75 TO 80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Summit Minerals, Inc.
    Home office Box W, Duncan, Az. 85534
    First year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • 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.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 80.47M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 193

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1010 COVERING 118.917 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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