Consolation Mine

The Consolation Mine is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,150 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Consolation Mine
Secondary: Consolation Group

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Caprock Mountain District

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Duncan Mining Co.
Home Office: Duncan, Az.
Years: 1958 -

Owner Name: Billingsley, Ben
Years: 1950 -

Production

Year: 1955
Time Period: 1940 To 1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade 8 To 10% Mn.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Year Last 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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF A 100 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A 100 FT. LONG OPEN CUT.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION SHOWN ON THE CANADOR PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): FIFTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 35-36

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 168-169

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 169

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