The Kuykendal Property is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Kuykendal Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kuykendal Property
Secondary: Black Streak ?
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Material type: MN ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^19.6% 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
Form: STRINGERS, IRREGULAR BODIES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IN FRACTURE ZONE, SPORADIC MINERALIZATION FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.
Comment (Location): LAT/LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, 176 P
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