The Old Smokey Group is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Old Smokey Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Smokey Group
Secondary: Lone Wolf
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Description: Ap_Grade: ^27.5%
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Form: FRACTURES IN BROAD ZONE AS WIDE AS 60 M
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, US BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8030, P. 39
Reference (Deposit): 1978A, MILS, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK
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