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Summit Group

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087889
MRDS ID D010613
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Group
Alternate or previous names Claims, Summit, U.S. Depository, Busted Banker
Related records 10126458

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.73004, 32.56318 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position ABOUT 20.75 MILES N05E OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

OK Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 009W 13 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE SUMMIT CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.73004, 32.56318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Favorable Host Rock Beneath An Impermea Ble Shale.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cooks Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. L. King And T. N. Bond
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cooks Peak Mining Co.
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1918

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1904 To 1917
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 21.17% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 21wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Period 1904 To 1917
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 2.33 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 66g/mt
  • Year 1918
    Period 1912 To 1918
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 32.15% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 32wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PERIODS WERE FROM THE 1880'S TO 1890'S, 1904 TO 1907, 1 909 TO 1913, 1915 TO 1918, AND 1949.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 87-289

  • Deposit

    JICHA, H.L., JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 60-66, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66, TABLE 7. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM USGS PP 6 8, P. 287.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 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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