Black Face Manganese Prospect

The Black Face Manganese Prospect is a manganese mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Face Manganese Prospect
Secondary: Black Face Group
Secondary: Princess Pat

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Steins Pass 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Guy Anderson
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: O'Conner, T. R.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
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
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 10-20 SHORT TONS OF PSILOMELANE MINED DURING WW II ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): THE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 0.75 MILES DUE SOUTH OF STEINS PEAK.

Comment (Deposit): SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 8030, P. 40-41

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