The Black Mask Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.37944, -107.17278
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Black Mask Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Mask Manganese Mine
Secondary: Romero Prospect
Secondary: Black Cat Claims: Black Cat Nos. 1 To 6
Secondary: Blue Bird Nos. 1 and 2
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Ladrons Mountains Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Hall
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Socorro Mining And Smelting Co.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1940 AND 1941 WAS ABOUT 100 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 48% MN AND FROM 1952 TO 1955 WAS 566 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 42% MN.
Comment (Deposit): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL ADITS WITH IRREGULAR WORKINGS UP TO 300 FT. ALONG THE STRIKE AND 100 FT. WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 170-171
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 170-171
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