The Arabela Mines Mn Mine is a manganese mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Arabela Mines Mn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arabela Mines Mn Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Capitan Mountains
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arabela Mines, Inc.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1959-
Description: Ap_Grade: ^About 54% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Year Last Production: 1959
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Replacement Mn
Orebody
Form: VEIN AND REPLACEMENT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Deposit): POST 1959 PRODUCTION.LIES NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE CAPITAN ALASKITE INTRUSIVE AND SAN ANDRES FM (MAINLY LIMESTONE). TALUS COVER AND SOIL PREVENT LOCATION OF THE CONTACT. HOST ROCK IS TOO ALTERED TO IDENTIFY.
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAA FEW HUNDRED YARDS SOUTH OF THE ROAD LEADING TO PINE LODGE (1959) AT NE END OF CAPITAN MOUNTAINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. TUFTIN, S.E., 1984, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 20-84
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