The Causland Property is a iron and manganese mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Causland Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Causland Property
Secondary: Mineral Mountain Group
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Lone Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: New Mexico Manganese Corp.
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1918-1945
Material type: ORE MN FE EST
Description: Cp_Grade: ^15% Mn, 35% Fe
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Development): MINED DURING WWI AND WWII
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN AREA OF HIGHLY FRACTURED MISSISSIPPIAN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): 10 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS AND BENCHES, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND A LARGE OPEN PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P. 27.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E. H., 1918, MANGANESE IN NEW MEXICO: SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, BULL. 2, 85 P.
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