Tom Lyons Property

The Tom Lyons Property is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.

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

Name: Tom Lyons Property  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 32.72361, -108.20833

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Tom Lyons Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tom Lyons Property
Secondary: Includes: Corliss
Secondary: El Campo
Secondary: Sweet Home
Secondary: Hilltop
Secondary: And Joe No. 1 and No. 2.


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


Location

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


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1955
Time Period: 1918-1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^29-40% Mn


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Development): PROBABLY DEVELOPED FOR SILVER IN THE 1880'S. MINED FOR MANGANESE DURING WWI, PROBABLY DURING WWII AND INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1950-1955.

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES AS MUCH AS 2 M. WIDE AND 20 M. LONG, IN MISSISSIPPIAN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE ALONG N-TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES.

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND OPEN PITS


References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P.26.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.


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