Ellis Deposit 1910's

The Ellis Deposit 1910's is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,301 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ellis Deposit 1910's

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Tower Mining And Refining Co.
Years: 1954 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1954
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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Mineralized Solutions Associated With Numerous Hot Springs In This Area.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane

Comments

Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS EXISTED IN THE 1960'S, THE DEPOSIT WAS MINED BY OPEN-PIT METHODS AND THE ORE WAS REPORTED TO BE SO SOFT THAT NO EXPLOSIVES WERE USED.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1910'S

Comment (Location): DEPOSIT WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF LOCUS STREET BETWEEN FIFTH AND SEVENTH AVENUE AND IS PRESENTLY SUBDIVIDED AND DEVELOPED.

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

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURRED AS A REPLACEMENT OF SAND GRAINS AND AS A CEMENTING MATERIAL IN A SEMI-CONSOLIDATED BED OF SANDSTONE DIPPING VERY GENTLY EAST. THE HIGHER GRADE PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT COVERED AN AREA ROUGHLY 800 FT. LONG BY 200 FT. WIDE AND WAS FROM 10 FT. TO 20 FT. THICK.

Comment (Production): DURING 1953-54 TOWER MINING AND REFINING CO. PRODUCED 16877 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES AVERAGING 18.5% MN AND AN ADDITIONAL 198 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 17.7% MN WAS PRODUCED BY OTHER LESSEES.

Comment (Development): TOWER MINING AND REFINING CO. BUILT A HEAVY-MEDIA SEPARATION PLANT AND OPERATED UNTIL THE ORE WAS EXHAUSTED IN MID-1954.

References

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 111

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P 111-113

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, P. 199, P. 208-209, FIG. 2

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 61-63

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