The Ridge Prospect 1952 is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.74083, -108.70278
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Ridge Prospect 1952 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ridge Prospect 1952
Secondary: Hoggett Prospect Late 1930's
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Animas Mountains Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. M. Dunagan And Associates
Home Office: Animas, N.M.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Shear Zone
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: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): THE PROSPECT IS DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE QUARTER CORNER OF SECTIONS 31 AND 32.
Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 19 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS CALLED THE RIDGE GROUP AND PLAINS GROUP. ORIGINALLY STAKED FOR MANGANESE, FLUORITE OCCURS IN ONE SMALL PORTION OF THE BLOCK. A SMALL AMOUNT OF MN WAS MINED BETWEEN THE LATE 1930'S AND 1957.
Comment (Deposit): MANGANES DEPOSITION OCCURS IN STEEPLY DIPPING SHEAR ZONES CUTTING RHYOLITE PORPHYRY. ABOUT 400 FT ENE FROM THE MAIN MANGANESE WORKINGS, A 2 TO 18 IN VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE THAT STRIKES NE CONTAINS FLUORITE FOR 1150 FT. BOTH COARSE AND FINELY CRYSTALLINE GREEN FLUORITE WAS DEPOSITED IN CREVICES ALONG WITH QUARTZ. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT HALF THE ROCK VOLUME CONSISTS OF RHYOLITIC DILUTENT IN THE WIDER PROTIONS OF THE SHEAR ZONE. FLUORSPAR MINERALIZATION TAPERS TO STRINGERS TO THE NE AND DISAPPEARS SW.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THE FLUORITE OCCURRENCE CONSIST OF 3 SMALL EXPLORATION PITS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1930'S
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, HE, ETAL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 107.
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