Peace Manganese Prospect

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Manganese, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008865
MRDS ID D001330
Record type Site
Current site name Peace Manganese Prospect
Alternate or previous names Blue Jay Claim, Topaco Claim, Or Black Bill Claim
Related records 10247110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.79229, 31.5807 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 54 MILES S 05 W OF LORDSBURG., Within A Radius Of 750 Feet., Within A Radius Of 750 Feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Animas Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 031S 019W 29 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED TO BE LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES WEST OF ANIMAS PEAK AT AN ALTITUDE OF 8000 FEET.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hollandite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Park Tuff
    Rock description Park Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.79229, 31.5807

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 50 TO 70 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer W.F. Peace
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Animas Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. E. Pendleton.
    Home office Animas, N.M
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Victorio Land And Cattle Co.
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • FARNHAM, 1961, REPORTED TWO SHIPMENTS OF SORTED ORE TOTALING 26.6 TONS AND AVERAGING ABOUT 42.7 % MN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF A 55 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

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 IC-8030, P. 47-48

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-17

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Elliott, James E. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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