Rheinhart Prospect

The Rheinhart Prospect is a manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,549 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

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Site Name

Primary: Rheinhart Prospect
Secondary: Rheinhart Manganese Property
Secondary: Reinhart Prospect
Secondary: Weston Ranch Property

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Weston Ranch
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Emmett Nutter
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
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

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along A N 60 To 70 E Striking Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sheared Volcanics Altered To Clay.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 49.1 % MN

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Clay

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE SHAFT SHOWN ON THE PUERTECITO GAP TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): IN 1942 BETWEEN 6 AND 8 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING MORE THAN 40 % MN WAS MINED.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SMALL PODS AND NARROW VEINLETS RANGING FROM 1 IN. TO 3 IN. THICK IN A VEIN ABOUT 3 FT. THICK. THE VEIN STRIKES NORTHEAST ALONG A WELL-DEVELOPED FAULT AND CONTAINS SHEARED AND BRECCIATED VOLCANIC ROCKS. A 40 ACRE TRACT COVERING THE PROSPECT WAS LEASED TO THE LAST OPERATOR.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF A 35 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND MANY SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE MAGDALENA MOUNTAINS AREA.

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P.161-162

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.

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 (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 161

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