The Lost Treasure and Gold Quartz Group is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Lost Treasure and Gold Quartz Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Treasure and Gold Quartz Group
Secondary: Hodges-Dowell
Secondary: Fierro Manganese
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro Manganese District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fierro Manganese Corp.
Years: 1944 -
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1918-1950'S
Description: Cp_Grade: ^19-26% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT BODIES AND LENTICULAR FISSURE FILLINGS IN PENNSYLVANIAN MAGDALENA GROUP LIMESTONES ALONG TWO SUBPARALLEL FAULTS STRIKING N55-60E. LOST TREASURE NO. 2 VEIN STRIKES N55E, DIPS STEEPLY NW, IS 2-5 FEET WIDE, AND IS 800 FEET LONG. GOLD QUARTZ VEIN STRIKES N60E, DIPS STEEPLY NW, IS 2-6 FEET WIDE, AND IS 2000 FEET LONG. GROUP INCLUDES 12 CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND SHAFTS TO A DEPTH OF 24 M.
Comment (Development): MINED DURING WWI, WWII, AND THE EARLY 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P. 32-33.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E. L., JR., 1919, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710, P. 43-44.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.
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