Manganese Valley Mine

The Manganese Valley Mine is a manganese mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,573 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Manganese Valley Mine
Secondary: Manganese Valley Group: Claims
Secondary: Manganese Valley
Secondary: Manganese Valley Nos. 1 To 18
Secondary: Pluto Nos. 0 To 15

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Cobalt

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Little 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: Florida Manganese, Inc.
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: W. E. Sheridan, Clarion, Pa.
Years: 1961 -

Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: 1918 To 1957
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^21 To 45 % Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1918
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Hollandite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): HEWITT AND FLEISCHER, 1960, P. 29, REPORTED COBLAT OCCURS IN SAMPLES OF MANGANESE MINERALS FROM THE LUNA AND KILLION MINES WHICH ARE ADJACENT TO THE MANGANESE VALLEY MINE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 500,000 TO 1,000,000 LBS. COBALT GEOLOGICALLY INFERRED

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION INCLUDES CRUDE ORE AND CONCENTRATES. PRODUCTION PERIODS WERE FROM 1918 TO 1931, 1936 TO 1940, AND 1952 TO 1957. AN ADDITIONAL 1600 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED FROM ANOTHER VEIN NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS SEAMS, STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR BUNCHES IN SHOOTS WHICH HAVE BEEN STOPED FOR 200 TO 900 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND UP TO 12 FT. IN THICKNESS. 35 CLAIMS IN THE 1950'S. MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2031.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS WITH FOUR WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 6000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES. MANY PITS AND TRENCHES ON SURFACE.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CRYPTOMELANE(KILLION MINE?)CARRIES 0.21% COBALT OXIDE AVERAGE, 15% MN, 0.05% CO(EST)

Comment (Deposit): EXPLORATION ADEQUATE FOR MANGANESE INSUFFICIENT FOR CO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = FLORIDA GAP 1:24000

References

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1940, USGS BULL. 922-C, P. 55-73

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL. 55, NO. 1, TABLE 6, P. 29

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 52-55

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 129-131

Reference (Deposit): EVANS, A.M., 1949 USBM RI-4536, 11 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-52

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 52.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

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