The Black Jack Group is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.09028, -107.24333
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Black Jack Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Jack Group
Secondary: Guame Property: Rock House Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos (Palomas Gap) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Ray C Woods
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: H. H. Mayberry
Years: 1958 -
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1942-1958
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1939
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLOS MTS
Comment (Production): LINE 15: ACTUAL PROD YRS 1942, 1952 TO 1955, 1958.
Comment (Development): OPERATED BY VICTORY MINING INDUSTRIES IN 1942. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPENCUTS DRIVEN ALONG THE BETTER MINERALIZED PARTS OF THE VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN VARIOUS-SIZED IRREGULAR BUNCHES IN AND AROUND MASSES OF CALCITE AND METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE. SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING FRACTURES EXPOSED ON BOTH SIDES OF A NARROW WESTERLY TRENDING ARROYO.
Comment (Workings): DEPTH, LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR MOST EXTENSIVE OPENCUT.
Comment (Deposit): SEE SIERRA CABALLOS (PALOMAS GAP) DISTRICT FOR MAJOR REGIONAL TRENDS, STRUCTURE AND GENERAL GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L L, 1961 USBM IC8030, P118
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