Manganese Hill 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008856
MRDS ID D001314
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Hill Group
Related records 10297242

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.25615, 32.83179 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 20 MILES DUE SOUTH 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

Garfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 004W 16 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG THE WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLOS MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.25615, 32.83179

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fault Fractures Provided Path And Acted As Host For Mineralized Solutions.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. M. Reiland And O. W. Blevins
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marilyn Frazier
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • DURING 1942 OPERATORS SHIPPED 33 LONG TONS OF HAND SORTED ORE AVERAGING 32 % MN. NO OTHER PRODUCTION SINCE 1942.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHALLOW TRENCHES ABOUT 50 FT LONG.

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

    FARNHAN, L.L., 1961 USBM IC8030, P128

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO EAST TRENDING, STEEPLY DIPPING FRACTURE VEINS CUTTING BEDS OF CHERTY LIMESTONE. VEINS ARE ABOUT 50 FT APART AND CONTAIN NARROW STRINGERS OF PSILOMELANE IN A CALCITE GANGUE. 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT FOR 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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