Santa Fe Manganese District

The Santa Fe Manganese District is a manganese mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,740 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

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Site Name

Primary: Santa Fe Manganese District
Secondary: Mine: Hill Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Santa Fe Manganese District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Aztec Fault

Type: L
Description: A Breccia Zone Containing Large Clasts Of Limestone In Vicinity Of Stope

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): THE EXPLORATORY WORK YIELDED ABOUT A TOW OF MANGANESE ORE.

Comment (Geology): THE MANGANESE OCCURS IN SANDSTONE AND SHALES OF THE UPPER CLASTIC MEMBER OF THE SANDIA FORMATION OF THE MAGDELENA GROUP.

Comment (Location): LOCATION WAS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS IN USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1525 (1963, P. 80) THERE IS NO UTM GRID IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Reserve-Resource): USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1525, P. 80

Comment (Development): DATES OF DISCOVERY AND PRODUCTION ARE UNKNOWN. WELLS (1918, P. 58) SAID IT WAS IDLE IN 1918. OWNERSHIP IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS AS NODULES FORMING IRREGULAR POCKETS LARGELY IN SOFT SHALE AS A REPLACEMENT ALONG BEDDING PLANES. THE STOPE IS LOCATED IN SANDSTONE AND SHALES OF THE UPPER CLASTIC MEMBER OF THE SANDIA FORMATION OF THE MAGDELENA GROUP, ALONG A ZONE OF BRECCIA THAT CONTAINS NUMEROUS AND OFTEN LARGE-SIZED LIMESTONE BOULDERS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 40-FT INCLINED STOPE.

References

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918, NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 57-58

Reference (Deposit): KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., IN SPIEGEL, Z., AND BALDWIN, B., 1963, USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1525, P. 80.

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 49-50.

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1525, P. 80

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