The Big Pocket is a manganese mine located in Luna county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Big Pocket MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Pocket
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Material type: MN ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^21.4% Mn
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: PODS, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 16.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM (1961).
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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