Black Pete Deposit

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

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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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