The Palma Group is a manganese, silver, and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.925, -107.52639
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Palma Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palma Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro 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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Paul Benavides
Home Office: Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry Is Located About 3 Miles North Of The Deposit.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 180 ON THE EAST SIDE OF READY PAY GULCH.
Comment (Production): CLAIMS COVERING THE DEPOSIT WERE LOCATED IN THE LATE 1880'S AND SOME MANGANIFEROUS GOLD-SILVER ORE WAS PRODUCED AT THAT TIME. IN 1953 AND 1954 41 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AVERAGING 20.6% MN WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS AS NARROW STRANDS AND IRREGULAR MASSES, AT THE INTERSECTION AND, ALONG 2 FRACTURES. 1 FRACTURE STRIKES ALMOST DUE EAST AND DIPS 50 NORTH, THE OTHER FRACTURE STRIKES N 20 E AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL. THE BETTER ORE RANGES FROM 2 FT. TO 4 FT. THICK WITH LOCAL SWELLS OF LOW-GRADE ORE UP TO 8 FT. THICK. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 3 OPEN CUTS UP TO 40 FT. LONG, A FEW PITS AND SOME INACCESSIBLE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 94
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 94-95
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