The Diamond A Prospect is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.12833, -107.22194
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Diamond A Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diamond A Prospect
Secondary: Diamond A Ranch
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kern County Land Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1974 -
Owner Name: Ralph Daniels
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1955
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PEDRO ARMENDARIS NO. 33 LAND GRANT.
Comment (Production): IN 1942 30 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 35% MN WAS PRODUCED AND IN THE EARLY 1950'S 67 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE CONTAINING 27.3% MN WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG A MAJOR NORTH-STRIKING FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONE IN WIDELY SCATTERED STRINGERS AND SMALL PODS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS, WIDELY SEPARATED, SMALL PITS AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 115
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030 P. 114-116
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