Combs and Wood Claims

The Combs and Wood Claims is a manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,149 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: Combs and Wood Claims

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

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

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Ownership

Owner Name: H. A. Wood And B. M. Combs
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: H. A. Wood And B. M. Combs
Years: 1958 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): IN 1955 ABOUT 10.5 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AVERAGING 30.9% MN WAS PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 170

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): OSBURN, G.R., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-113, 159 PAGES, 1 PLATE

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 170

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