The Black Face Manganese Prospect is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.31389, -109.03889
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Black Face Manganese Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Face Manganese Prospect
Secondary: Black Face Group
Secondary: Princess Pat
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Steins Pass 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Guy Anderson
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: O'Conner, T. R.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
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
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 10-20 SHORT TONS OF PSILOMELANE MINED DURING WW II ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): THE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 0.75 MILES DUE SOUTH OF STEINS PEAK.
Comment (Deposit): SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 8030, P. 40-41
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