Mineral Mountain Group

The Mineral Mountain Group is a manganese and iron mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,801 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: Mineral Mountain Group
Secondary: Causland Property: Mineral Mountain Group Patented In 1947
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Mineral Mountain Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Lone 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Carl Frymire (Estate)
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: New Mexico Manganese Corp.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1942
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: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jasper

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS ON THE MINERAL MOUNTAIN NO. 1 CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2107 COVERING ABOUT 80 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT ABOUT 80 FT. LONG, 50 FT. WIDE AND 15 FT. DEEP, AND NUMEROUS SMALLER OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES AND PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 35

Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W.P., 1967 USGS BULL 1241-E, P. 84-85

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 27.

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 43

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 27

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