The Black Eagle Mine is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.76306, -108.74806
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Black Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Eagle Mine
Secondary: Black Jack Prospect
Secondary: Black Eagle Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Telegraph District : Tank Draw 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sherman Harper
Home Office: Arenas Valley, N.M.
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: H. E. Mccray
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1954
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: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE CLIFF TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): FARNHAM, 1961, P. 37, REPORTED 36 LONG TONS AVERAGING 24.9 % MN WERE PRODUCED IN 1942 AND 405 LONG TONS AVERAGING 19.5 % MN WERE PRODUCED FROM 1953 TO 1954.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND PODS IN A 2 TO 8 FT. THICK ZONE ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE LATE 1950'S.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 75 FT. INCLINED ADIT, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND SMALL OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 122-124
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-15
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 37
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 165-166
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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