The Starkey Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.35556, -107.67361
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Starkey Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Starkey Manganese Mine
Secondary: Ruth Group
Secondary: Liberty Manganese Mine: Claims Patented In 1933
Secondary: Ruth Nos. 1 To 8
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Cooks Range Manganese 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: W. R. Starkey And Co.
Home Office: Duluth, Mn.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Q. M. Drunzer
Home Office: Alamogordo, N.M.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1918 To 1959
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Grade Ranged From 34 To 46% Mn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE DEMING EAST TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANG LE. GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE PAT ENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1918, 1929, 1930, 1952, 1957, 1958, AND 1959 .
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AT LEAST FIVE SHEARED AND BRECCIATED ZONES RA NGING FROM 2 TO 6 FT. THICK WITH MINERALIZATION OCCURRING AS SEAMS, ST RINGERS, PODS, AND BRECCIA CEMENT. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVE Y NUMBER 2037 COVERING 148.217 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 60 OR MORE WIDELY SCATTERE D OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS, A FEW SHORT ADITS, AND THREE SHAFTS RAN GING FROM 50 TO 100 FT. DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 69-70
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 94-95
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 53-54
Reference (Production): USBM IC-8030, P. 69-70.
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