Fleming Camp Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014771
MRDS ID D011704
Record type Site
Current site name Fleming Camp Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Man

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.38118, 32.79594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 5 MI NORTHWEST 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

Circle Mesa(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 015W 27,34 S2 (27); N2 (34) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH END OF TREASURE MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Beartooth Formation;Fusselman Formation
    Rock description Beartooth Formation;Fusselman Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.38118, 32.79594

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-Nw Trending Ridge
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bear Mountain Ridge

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 45W
    Length 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1893

Mining district

District name Fleming Camp District, Bear Mountain District

Comments on the production information

  • ONE SMALL CHAMBER PRODUCED $40,000 IN AG

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY DATA FOR OLD MAN MINE. DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 90 M BY INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 304-305.

  • Deposit

    USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 87, P. 139-149.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR OXIDIZED BODIES IN CRETACEOUS BEARTOOTH QUARTZITE. ORE MOSTLY ABOVE 25 M LEVEL IN MINE.
Deposit MANY IRREGULAR POCKETS OF ORE IN A FEW QUARTZITE BEDS. MAJOR MINES ON WEST SIDE OF BEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD W006780 BY SUE A. BILBEY WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1974 Bilbey, Sue A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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