Hoggett Manganese Deposits

The Hoggett Manganese Deposits is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,174 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: Hoggett Manganese Deposits
Secondary: Ridge Deposit
Secondary: Broaddus Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Animas District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: G. M. Dunagan
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: Combined Minerals, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas And Lurex Mining Corp.
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): FARNHAM, 1961, REPORTED TOTAL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ABOUT 100 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 40 % MN AND ABOUT 400 TONS OF CONCENTRATES AT 42 % MN.

Comment (Deposit): 19 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1957.

Comment (Deposit): WORKED FOR MANGANESE; NO TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL OPEN PITS AND AN INACCESSIBLE 60 FT. SHAFT.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF NMBMMR BULLETIN 84.

References

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): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 24-25

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 44-45

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 80-83, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 71-72

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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