The Dakota Group is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,573 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,573 Feet (1,394 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.08667, -107.24778
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Dakota Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dakota Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Years: 1980 -
Owner Name: Stanley Irisidio
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Silicified Fracture Zone Strikes N 45 W.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1954 6 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 28.8% MN WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE REPORTED TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE WILD HORSE AND LINCOLN CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS AND VEINLETS ALONG FRACTURES IN A ZONE OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 3 OPEN CUTS; THE LARGEST BEING ABOUT 60 FT. LONG, 4 FT. WIDE, AND UP TO 20 FT. DEEP. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 121
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 121
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