Little Johnnie Claim

The Little Johnnie Claim is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Johnnie Claim

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

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: Blanchard Hanson
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: I. P. Kirk
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
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

Type: L
Description: Deposit Occurs Along N 30 To 40 E Striking Hot Springs Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): CLAIM IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF SEC. 10.

Comment (Production): ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION, IN 1953, CONSISTED OF 6.2 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 24.1 % MN.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SMALL IRREGULAR BODIES ALONG MINOR WEST-STRIKING FRACTURES. THE MINERALIZED FRACTURES RANGE FROM 2 FT. TO 4 FT. WIDE, AND HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN A TRENCH TO A DEPTH OF 8 FT. AND A LENGTH OF ABOUT 30 FT. 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT.

References

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 117

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 117-118

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, FIG. 2

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