The Wet King 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: 32.03694, -107.61944
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Wet King Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wet King Manganese Mine
Secondary: Pacheco Mine
Secondary: Southside Group
Secondary: Wet King Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Florida Mountains 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: Butler, A. M. And Winslow, J. H.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: M. H. Pacheco And Deming Mining Co.
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1952 To 1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 21.5% Mn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1912
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND STRINGERS ALONG A NORTHWE ST STRIKING CALCITE VEIN. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PIT S AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT WHICH IS SHOWN AS THE PACH ECO MINE ON THE GYM PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 65-67
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. 66.
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