The Bear Mountain Group is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.83139, -108.33528
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Bear Mountain Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Mountain Group
Secondary: Nineteen-Sixteen Mine
Secondary: Dorsey Mine: Bear Mountain Group of Claims
Secondary: Bear Mountain Manganese Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fleming District
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: New Mexico Manganese Corp. , Eugene Bruell, Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Carl Frymire (Estate)
Home Office: Silver City, N. M.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1957
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Containing 45.8% Mn.
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1916 To 1959
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade About 30% Mn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1959
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, LENSES
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: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN PENNSYLVANIAN OSWALDO FORMATION IN FRACTURE ZONE (N25E). LENSES ARE DISCONTINUOUS BODIES UP TO 6 FT THICK, AND SEVERAL FT LONG IN AN AREA 400 FT LONG BY 250 FT WIDE. GROUP CONSISTS OF NINE CLAIMS. FOUR CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2142 COVERING ABOUT 80 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS ABOUT 60 FT. DEEP AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): DATA FROM RECORD D011711 BY RON WORL, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN WORKINGS ON THE BEAR MOUNTAIN GROUP OF CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 29-31
Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): DORR, J.V.N., 1965, MANGANESE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. 89TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 183-195.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L., JR., 1919, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710, P. 45.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MAS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1979.
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 42-43
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