Velarde Manganese Prospect 1940's

The Velarde Manganese Prospect 1940's is a manganese mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,082 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Velarde Manganese Prospect 1940's
Secondary: Blackie Group 1950's
Secondary: Sheriff Mine 1917

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Rincon District: Southern Caballo Mountains; Red House Mountain; Woolfer Canyon Area

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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: H. F. Carmichael And Associates
Home Office: Garfield, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: H. F. Carmichael
Years: 1955 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1915
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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jasper

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHALLOW INCLINED ADITS AND AN OPENCUT.

Comment (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 9, REPORTED ABOUT 200 TONS OF MN ORE RANGING FROM 20 TO 40 % MN WAS PRODUCED FROM 1917 TO 1955.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: DURING WORLD WAR I

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECT IN SECTION 10 AS SHOWN ON THE UPHAM TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

References

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV. OF N.M., PUBLICATION NO. 4, P. 208-209, FIG. 2

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 9-10

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.

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