The Black Pete Deposit is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,849 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: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.47028, -107.11222
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Black Pete Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Pete Deposit
Secondary: Blackie Manganese
Secondary: Black Peak Manganese
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Fra Cristobal Range
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Kern County Land Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: E. V. Mendenhall And W. M. Emillio
Home Office: Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Extensively Fractured And Brecciated Zone Strikes North And Dips West.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO SAMPLES CONTAINED 9.1% TO 15.5% MN
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS NARROW INTERLACING STRINGERS AND OCCASIONAL SMALL BUNCHES ALONG A MANGANIFEROUS ZONE EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 1200 FT. IN LENGTH AND UP TO 200 FT. IN WIDTH.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE FRA CRISTOBAL RANGE ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE COUNTY LINE AND 0.5 MILES EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. WITHIN THE PEDRO ARMENDARIS NO. 33 LAND GRANT.
Comment (Commodity): GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM L.L. FARNHAM, 1961 P. 131
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1957 WAS ABOUT 26 TONS OF CONCENTRATES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS RANGING FROM 50 FT. TO 100 FT. LONG, UP TO 50 FT. WIDE, AND FROM 5 FT. TO 20 FT. DEEP.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 130
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030 P. 129-131
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