| Deposit ID | 10008852 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001309 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Water Canyon Manganese Mine 1914 |
| Alternate or previous names | Known As the Cliffside Mine Or Cliffside Claims In the 1940's and As, The Manganese Queen Mine In the 1950'sS. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.12309, 34.02231 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 14 MILES S 80 W OF SOCORRO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Water Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cibola National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 003S | 003W | 26 | N2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hollandite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -107.12309, 34.02231 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 E |
| Dip | STEEPLY SE |
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Length | 24.38M |
| Width | 18.29M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | Billie Myers |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | El Tigre Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George L. Harrison |
| Home office | Palacios, Tex. |
| First year | 1960 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001309 |
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.
WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 71-73
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 166
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A LENTICULAR MASS ALONG A NORTHEAST-STRIKING FRACTURE ZONE. KNOWN LENGTH OF THE DEPOSIT IS 60 FT., WIDTH RANGES FROM 2 FT. TO 25 FT. AND DEPTH ABOUT 80 FT. 2UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-74 | Elliott, James E. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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