Black Eagle Mine

The Black Eagle Mine is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

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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

Name: Black Eagle Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 32.76306, -108.74806

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Black Eagle Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Black Eagle Mine
Secondary: Black Jack Prospect
Secondary: Black Eagle Group


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Telegraph District : Tank Draw Area


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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Sherman Harper
Home Office: Arenas Valley, N.M.
Years: 1958 -

Owner Name: H. E. Mccray
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1952 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1954
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: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Ore: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE CLIFF TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): FARNHAM, 1961, P. 37, REPORTED 36 LONG TONS AVERAGING 24.9 % MN WERE PRODUCED IN 1942 AND 405 LONG TONS AVERAGING 19.5 % MN WERE PRODUCED FROM 1953 TO 1954.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND PODS IN A 2 TO 8 FT. THICK ZONE ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE LATE 1950'S.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 75 FT. INCLINED ADIT, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND SMALL OPEN CUTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 122-124

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-15

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 37

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 165-166

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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