Black Jack Group

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Manganese, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008855
MRDS ID D001313
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack Group
Alternate or previous names Guame Property: Rock House Claims
Related records 10296688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.24392, 33.09039 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3 MILES S 15 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 004W 15 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLOS MTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.24392, 33.09039

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS
    Strike NORTH TO NORTHWEST
    Dip STEEPLY TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST
    Length 19.81M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Fracture Zones Are Hosts For Mineralized Solutions.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos (Palomas Gap) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. H. Mayberry
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray C Woods
    First year 1959

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1942-1958
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • LINE 15: ACTUAL PROD YRS 1942, 1952 TO 1955, 1958.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall width 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH, LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR MOST EXTENSIVE OPENCUT.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY VICTORY MINING INDUSTRIES IN 1942. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPENCUTS DRIVEN ALONG THE BETTER MINERALIZED PARTS OF THE VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L L, 1961 USBM IC8030, P118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN VARIOUS-SIZED IRREGULAR BUNCHES IN AND AROUND MASSES OF CALCITE AND METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE. SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING FRACTURES EXPOSED ON BOTH SIDES OF A NARROW WESTERLY TRENDING ARROYO.
Deposit SEE SIERRA CABALLOS (PALOMAS GAP) DISTRICT FOR MAJOR REGIONAL TRENDS, STRUCTURE AND GENERAL GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Elliott, James E. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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