Negrohead Manganese Mine

The Negrohead Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Negrohead Manganese Mine
Secondary: Niggerhead Manganese Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains 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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: George Kremm
Home Office: Chicago, Il.
Info Year: 1974
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: M And M Mining Co.
Info Year: 1974
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1945
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1937
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: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane

Comments

Comment (Location): Accurate Location Is For The Mines In Section 33 Which Are Shown On The Magdalena Topographic Quadrangle.

Comment (Workings): Workings Reported In 1961 Consisted Of Two Opencuts.

Comment (Deposit): 10 Unpatented Claims.

Comment (Names): The original site name contained a derogatory word that has been changed according to Department of the Interior policy outlined at http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pro_pol_pro.pdf. See Chap. 3, Policy V. The revised form of the name now appears in the permanent record as the "Current" or preferred site name, and the prior, derogatory name is labeled "Previous".

Comment (General): Doug Causey - Combined minor amount of information from DEP_ID 10224035 into this record and then deleted the duplicate.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): RUSSELL, P.L., AND CALHOUN, W.A., 1947 USBM RI-4084, 7 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 167-168

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 139

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