The Velarde Manganese Prospect 1940's is a manganese mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,082 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,082 Feet (1,549 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.76361, -107.13944
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Velarde Manganese Prospect 1940's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Velarde Manganese Prospect 1940's
Secondary: Blackie Group 1950's
Secondary: Sheriff Mine 1917
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Rincon District: Southern Caballo Mountains; Red House Mountain; Woolfer Canyon Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. F. Carmichael And Associates
Home Office: Garfield, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: H. F. Carmichael
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1915
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHALLOW INCLINED ADITS AND AN OPENCUT.
Comment (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 9, REPORTED ABOUT 200 TONS OF MN ORE RANGING FROM 20 TO 40 % MN WAS PRODUCED FROM 1917 TO 1955.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: DURING WORLD WAR I
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECT IN SECTION 10 AS SHOWN ON THE UPHAM TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV. OF N.M., PUBLICATION NO. 4, P. 208-209, FIG. 2
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 9-10
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.
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