The Apache Chief Group is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.89944, -107.20889
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Apache Chief Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apache Chief Group
Secondary: Black Darling Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: J. C. Stone And R. C. Johnson
Home Office: Salem, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: L. C. Butler
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF APACHE CANYON.
Comment (Production): DURING WORLD WAR II ABOUT 12 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 31% MN AND 19 TONS OF UNKNOWN GRADE WERE PRODUCED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS RANGING FROM 60 FT. TO 40 FT. LONG AND UP TO 10 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS NARROW STRANDS AND PODS ALONG NORTHWEST STRIKING FRACTURE ZONES. THE PRINCIPAL FRACTURE IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 250 FT. IN LENGTH AND SPREADS OUT FROM THE FISSURE INTO ADJACENT ROCK AS MUCH AS 10 FT. 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 126
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 126
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