The Hoggett Manganese Deposits is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,174 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: 5,174 Feet (1,577 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.74306, -108.70333
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Hoggett Manganese Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hoggett Manganese Deposits
Secondary: Ridge Deposit
Secondary: Broaddus Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Animas District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. M. Dunagan
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: Combined Minerals, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas And Lurex Mining Corp.
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): FARNHAM, 1961, REPORTED TOTAL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ABOUT 100 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 40 % MN AND ABOUT 400 TONS OF CONCENTRATES AT 42 % MN.
Comment (Deposit): 19 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1957.
Comment (Deposit): WORKED FOR MANGANESE; NO TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL OPEN PITS AND AN INACCESSIBLE 60 FT. SHAFT.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF NMBMMR BULLETIN 84.
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): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 24-25
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 44-45
Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 80-83, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 71-72
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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