Starkey Manganese Mine

The Starkey Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,501 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Starkey Manganese Mine
Secondary: Ruth Group
Secondary: Liberty Manganese Mine: Claims Patented In 1933
Secondary: Ruth Nos. 1 To 8

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Cooks Range Manganese 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: W. R. Starkey And Co.
Home Office: Duluth, Mn.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Q. M. Drunzer
Home Office: Alamogordo, N.M.
Years: 1959 -

Production

Year: 1959
Time Period: 1918 To 1959
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Grade Ranged From 34 To 46% Mn.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1959
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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE DEMING EAST TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANG LE. GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE PAT ENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1918, 1929, 1930, 1952, 1957, 1958, AND 1959 .

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AT LEAST FIVE SHEARED AND BRECCIATED ZONES RA NGING FROM 2 TO 6 FT. THICK WITH MINERALIZATION OCCURRING AS SEAMS, ST RINGERS, PODS, AND BRECCIA CEMENT. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVE Y NUMBER 2037 COVERING 148.217 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 60 OR MORE WIDELY SCATTERE D OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS, A FEW SHORT ADITS, AND THREE SHAFTS RAN GING FROM 50 TO 100 FT. DEEP.

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 69-70

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 94-95

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 53-54

Reference (Production): USBM IC-8030, P. 69-70.

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