The Cliff Prospect is a manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.95056, -106.96861
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Cliff Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cliff Prospect
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Cliff Nos. 1 To 3
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Luis Lopez 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: D. F. Whitman Of Belen, N. M. (1940'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE OF SORTED ORE CONTAINED 33.1 % MN.
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE.
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION ARE FOR MINE SHOWN IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC. 20 ON THE LA BORCITA QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): PROBABLY AS MUCH AS ONE CARLOAD OF SORTED ORE WAS SHIPPED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NORTH-STRIKING FRACTURE ZONE AS FRACTURE FILLINGS. 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT 30 FT. LONG WITH A 10 FT. FACE AND A SHALLOW TRENCH.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE LUIS LOPEZ DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Production): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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