Wild Horse Claim

The Wild Horse Claim is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,626 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Wild Horse Claim

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Years: 1980 -

Owner Name: Malin, A. J.
Home Office: El Paso, Tex.
Years: 1960 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
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: Deposit Occurs Near Northeast-Striking Hot Springs Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): CLAIM IS REPORTED TO BE WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE BLACK JACK GROUP OF CLAIMS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Comment (Production): KNOWN PRODUCTION AMOUNTS TO 10.6 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 38.4 % MN SHIPPED IN 1953.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SMALL IRREGULAR PODS ALONG MINOR FRACTURES AND RANGE FROM 1 FT. TO 5 FT. THICK. 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 4 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, FIG. 2

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 119

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 119

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