Universal Group

The Universal Group is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Universal Group

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite

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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Caballo Manganese Corp.
Years: 1956 -

Owner Name: Blanchard Hanson
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): REPORTEDLY LOCATED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE RIVERSIDE CLAIMS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Comment (Production): IN 1953 11 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE AVERAGING 17.4 % MN WAS PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS, VEINLETS AND SMALL PODS ALONG NARROW FISSURES WHICH STRIKE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST. KNOWN DIMENSIONS OF THE DEPOSITS RANGE FROM 30 FT. TO 150 FT. LONG, 1 FT. TO 3 FT. THICK AND UP TO 40 FT. DEEP. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF ONE 40 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND SIX OPENCUTS RANGING FROM 30 FT. TO 150 FT. LONG AND UP TO 10 FT. DEEP.

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 122-123

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 123

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