Cliff Roy Mine

The Cliff Roy Mine is a manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,475 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cliff Roy Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

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

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Douglas Henry
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1959 -

Owner Name: Ray Woods Mining Co., Inc.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1959 -

Production

Year: 1959
Time Period: 1917 To 1959
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^21 To 36% Mn.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE CANADOR PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): PERIODS OF PRODUCTION WERE WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, 1951, 1953 TO 1954 AND 1958 TO 1959.

Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH ABOUT 300 FT. OF WORKINGS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 168

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 34-35

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 168.

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 52-53

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