The Black Sheep Group is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.93472, -107.72222
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Black Sheep Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Sheep Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Raymond E. Henry And Dr. John Puckett
Home Office: El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Great Western Minerals, Ltd.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First 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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): REPORTED TO BE LOCATED NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO THE ATLAS CLAIM OF THE MATCHLESS GROUP OF CLAIMS
Comment (Production): IN THE EARLY 1950'S 285 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE AVERAGING 25.2 % MN WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW OPENCUTS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG INTERSECTIONS OF NORTH-STRIKING AND EAST-STRIKING FRACTURES. 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 106
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030 P. 105-107
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