Old Man Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087796
MRDS ID D009768
Record type Site
Current site name Old Man Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims, Old Man, Old Man No. 2
Related records 10296478

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.38284, 32.79344 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position ABOUT 6.5 MILES N 79 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

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

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Beartooth Quartzite
    Rock description Beartooth Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.38284, 32.79344

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Fleming District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Old Man Mining Co. ; C. T. Mclendon
    First year 1880
  • Type Owner
    Owner Seldomridge, C. B.
    Home office Colorado
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1936, 1937 AND 1949.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 304-305

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 67

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF U. S., FOLIO 199, P. 14-15

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS. ESTIMATE FROM USGS PP 68, P. 304.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 503 AND 998 COVERING 36.544 ACRES.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.

External references