The Birchfield Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,849 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.08639, -107.59278
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Birchfield Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birchfield Manganese Mine
Secondary: San-Tex Mine
Secondary: Birchfield Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Florida Mountains District
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: Birchfield, Jr., W. P.
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: Birchfield, Jr., W. P.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1942 To 1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 23 To 30% Mn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1905
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
Type: L
Description: Bedding Strikes Nne And Dips 45 To 70 Se. Fractures Strike Ne To N W.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF ONE LONG ADIT, TWO INCLINE D SHAFTS, MANY SMALL OPENCUTS, AND NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT WHICH IS SHOWN AS THE SAN-T EX MINE ON THE GYM PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): TWELVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1950'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 63-65
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 120 AND P. 128
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-58
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 63-64.
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