The Cliff Roy Mine is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,475 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,475 Feet (1,364 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.6075, -108.81194
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Cliff Roy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cliff Roy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Caprock Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Douglas Henry
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: Ray Woods Mining Co., Inc.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1917 To 1959
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^21 To 36% Mn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1959
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE CANADOR PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): PERIODS OF PRODUCTION WERE WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, 1951, 1953 TO 1954 AND 1958 TO 1959.
Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH ABOUT 300 FT. OF WORKINGS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 168
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 34-35
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 168.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 52-53
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