Black Beauty Group 1950's

The Black Beauty Group 1950's is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,951 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Beauty Group 1950's
Secondary: Known As the West End Group Or Dawson Property In the 1940's.

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos 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: W. P. Connally
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: K. W. Langford And Doyle Saul
Years: 1960 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1965
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: PODS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jasper

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS. THE LARGEST OPEN CUT IS ABOUT 40 FT. LONG BY 8 FT. WIDE BY 10 FT. DEEP.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 2.5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CABALLO DAM NEAR THE TOP OF THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE FIRST PROMINENT RIDGE EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE.

Comment (Production): THE ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED TO BE SEVERAL TONS OF ORE TESTED FOR CONCENTRATION.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS, IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS AND FISSURE FILLINGS ALONG NORTHWEST-STRIKING FRACTURES. THE LARGEST MASS IS ABOUT 70 FT. LONG AND FROM 3 TO 10 FT. WIDE. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 124

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 124

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