The Wagon Wheel and Prospect Group 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: 32.90222, -107.72583
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Wagon Wheel and Prospect Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wagon Wheel and Prospect 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. H. Schoonmaker
Home Office: Kingston, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Chenowith, Robert G.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
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
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Dolomite
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED 2.7 ROAD MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON ON STATE ROUTE 180 JUST OFF THE HIGHWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTHWEST CANYON.
Comment (Production): DURING 1954 AND 1955 98.3 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 24.7% MN WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG A NORTH-STRIKING FRACTURE RANGING FROM 2 FT. TO 6 FT. THICK. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 OPENCUTS AND AN INACCESSIBLE VERTICAL SHAFT. THE MAIN OPENCUT IS ABOUT 50 FT. LONG AND 10 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 108
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 108-109
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