Mine detail: Uncle Sam Mine

Previously called 'ClaimsUncle Sam Group Patented In 1910Dame FortuneFree CoinageLone Miner'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.51734, -108.31284

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Uranium, Lead
Ore:	Argentite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1947

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Deposits Occur Along The N45w Striking Uncle Sam Fault.
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D009521
DEP	10013300
Reference	{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 349}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 100, PLATE 7}{Deposit:: HEDLUND,D.C.,1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David