The Negrohead Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.00667, -107.05611
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Negrohead Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Negrohead Manganese Mine
Secondary: Niggerhead Manganese Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: George Kremm
Home Office: Chicago, Il.
Info Year: 1974
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: M And M Mining Co.
Info Year: 1974
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1945
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1937
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): Accurate Location Is For The Mines In Section 33 Which Are Shown On The Magdalena Topographic Quadrangle.
Comment (Workings): Workings Reported In 1961 Consisted Of Two Opencuts.
Comment (Deposit): 10 Unpatented Claims.
Comment (Names): The original site name contained a derogatory word that has been changed according to Department of the Interior policy outlined at http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pro_pol_pro.pdf. See Chap. 3, Policy V. The revised form of the name now appears in the permanent record as the "Current" or preferred site name, and the prior, derogatory name is labeled "Previous".
Comment (General): Doug Causey - Combined minor amount of information from DEP_ID 10224035 into this record and then deleted the duplicate.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): RUSSELL, P.L., AND CALHOUN, W.A., 1947 USBM RI-4084, 7 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 167-168
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 139
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