The Tom Lyons Property is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Tom Lyons Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tom Lyons Property
Secondary: Includes: Corliss
Secondary: El Campo
Secondary: Sweet Home
Secondary: Hilltop
Secondary: And Joe No. 1 and No. 2.
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Lone Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1918-1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^29-40% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Development): PROBABLY DEVELOPED FOR SILVER IN THE 1880'S. MINED FOR MANGANESE DURING WWI, PROBABLY DURING WWII AND INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1950-1955.
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES AS MUCH AS 2 M. WIDE AND 20 M. LONG, IN MISSISSIPPIAN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE ALONG N-TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND OPEN PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P.26.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.
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