The Ward and Consolation No. 2 is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Ward and Consolation No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ward and Consolation No. 2
Secondary: Owl and Fuller Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Red Rock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1953
Description: Ap_Grade: ^21-36% And 789 Lt Of Conc. (33% Mn)
Year: 1945
Description: Ap_Grade: ^35% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): CONSL. # 2 IS 32-37-30N, 108-48-45W, AND WARD IS 32-36-45N, 108-48-45W
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ALONG FAULTS IN M. TERT. BASALTIC BRECCIAS AND
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1965, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 210-214
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, MN DEPOSITS OF NM: US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, 176 P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, 213 P.
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK
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