The Black Beauty Group 1950's is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.89028, -107.26333
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Black Beauty Group 1950's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Beauty Group 1950's
Secondary: Known As the West End Group Or Dawson Property In the 1940's.
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: W. P. Connally
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: K. W. Langford And Doyle Saul
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1965
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: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS. THE LARGEST OPEN CUT IS ABOUT 40 FT. LONG BY 8 FT. WIDE BY 10 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 2.5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CABALLO DAM NEAR THE TOP OF THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE FIRST PROMINENT RIDGE EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE.
Comment (Production): THE ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED TO BE SEVERAL TONS OF ORE TESTED FOR CONCENTRATION.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS, IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS AND FISSURE FILLINGS ALONG NORTHWEST-STRIKING FRACTURES. THE LARGEST MASS IS ABOUT 70 FT. LONG AND FROM 3 TO 10 FT. WIDE. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 124
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 124
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