The Viola Claim is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.89861, -107.72306
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Viola Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Viola Claim
Secondary: Little Willie Claim
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: J. H. Schoonmaker
Home Office: Kingston, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Mustian, T. D.
Years: 1953 -
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: PODS
Structure
Not available
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: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): DURING 1953 45.6 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AVERAGING 23.5% MN WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 IRREGULARLY SHAPED OPENCUTS AND AN OLD PARTIALLY CAVED SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): LOCATED 3.3 ROAD MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON ON STATE ROUTE 180 ON THE HILLSIDE A FEW HUNDRED FEET SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY.
Comment (Deposit): 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 109
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 109
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