The Bolander Prospect is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,475 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: 4,475 Feet (1,364 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.29028, -107.14028
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Bolander Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bolander Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Fra Cristobal Range
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: Bolander, A. L.
Home Office: Taos, N.M.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED NEAR THE COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 3, 4, 9, 10 ON THE EAST SHORE OF ELEPHANT BUTTE RESERVOIR.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS NARROW STRINGERS IN SANDSTONE BEDS UNDERLYING A BASALT FLOW. THE STRINGERS RANGE FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL INCHES IN WIDTH AND ARE SEPARATED BY ONE TO SEVERAL FEET OF BARREN SANDSTONE. THE STRINGERS ARE MOST ABUNDANT NEAR THE BASALT-SANDSTONE CONTACT AND GRADUALLY DISAPPEAR ABOUT 50 FEET BELOW THE BASALT.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 131
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