The La Cienega Manganese Deposit is a manganese mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,951 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 35.56583, -106.12417
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La Cienega Manganese Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Cienega Manganese Deposit
Secondary: Deposit: Kinsey Manganese Prospect
Secondary: La Cinega
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Vincent Montoya
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: Carleton K. Rhembrandt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
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
Type: R
Description: Cienega Fault
Type: L
Description: Ne-Sw Trending Shear Zones And Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS CONTAINING MANGANESE MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRECCIAS OF CALC-LATITE IN THE CIENEGA AREA. OUTCROPS ARE FOUND 1,000 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE DAM AND 1300 FEET SOUTH OF THE DAM. X-RAY ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES OF VEIN MATERIAL COLLECTED JUST WEST OF THE DAM INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF PYROLUSITE IN A MATRIX OF QUARTZ, HEMATITE, AND SOME MONTMORILLONITE; THE MATRIX IS PINK (KOTTLOWSKI, 1963, P. 80). THE MANGANESE OCCURS IN INTERLACING SEAMS, NARROW STRINGERS, AND BUNCHES IN THE SHEARED AND BRECCIATED ZONE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS NEAR OUTCROPS BOTH 1000 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE DAM AND 1300 FEET SOUTH OF THE DAM.
Comment (Location): THIS DEPOSIT IS NOT LOCATED IN ANY FORMAL MINING DISTRICT OR AREA. THE LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE "T" CORNER OF SECTIONS 5 AND 6, T. 15N., R.8E., AND SECTION 32, T. 16N., R. 8E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 49-50.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, USBM IC 8030, P. 80
Reference (Deposit): KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., IN SPIEGEL, Z. AND BALDWIN, B., 1963, USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1525, P. 80.
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