Wet King Manganese Mine

The Wet King Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,849 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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Wet King Manganese Mine
Secondary: Pacheco Mine
Secondary: Southside Group
Secondary: Wet King Group

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Florida Mountains 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: Butler, A. M. And Winslow, J. H.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: M. H. Pacheco And Deming Mining Co.
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1955 -

Production

Year: 1955
Time Period: 1952 To 1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 21.5% Mn.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1912
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND STRINGERS ALONG A NORTHWE ST STRIKING CALCITE VEIN. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PIT S AND TRENCHES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT WHICH IS SHOWN AS THE PACH ECO MINE ON THE GYM PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 65-67

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 120 AND P. 128

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-58

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 66.

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.