Peace Manganese Prospect

The Peace Manganese Prospect is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,999 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Peace Manganese Prospect
Secondary: Blue Jay Claim
Secondary: Topaco Claim
Secondary: Or Black Bill Claim

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Animas Peak Area

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Victorio Land And Cattle Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1958 -

Owner Name: G. E. Pendleton.
Home Office: Animas, N.M
Years: 1954 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1916
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hollandite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Location): REPORTED TO BE LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES WEST OF ANIMAS PEAK AT AN ALTITUDE OF 8000 FEET.

Comment (Production): FARNHAM, 1961, REPORTED TWO SHIPMENTS OF SORTED ORE TOTALING 26.6 TONS AND AVERAGING ABOUT 42.7 % MN.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF A 55 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-17

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 47-48

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

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