The Peace Manganese Prospect is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.58056, -108.79167
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Peace Manganese Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peace Manganese Prospect
Secondary: Blue Jay Claim
Secondary: Topaco Claim
Secondary: Or Black Bill Claim
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Animas Peak Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Victorio Land And Cattle Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: G. E. Pendleton.
Home Office: Animas, N.M
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1916
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hollandite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): REPORTED TO BE LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES WEST OF ANIMAS PEAK AT AN ALTITUDE OF 8000 FEET.
Comment (Production): FARNHAM, 1961, REPORTED TWO SHIPMENTS OF SORTED ORE TOTALING 26.6 TONS AND AVERAGING ABOUT 42.7 % MN.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF A 55 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-17
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 47-48
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.
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