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Black Pete Deposit

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10011899
MRDS ID D007086
Record type Site
Current site name Black Pete Deposit
Alternate or previous names Blackie Manganese, Black Peak Manganese
Related records 10135568

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.11281, 33.47038 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 25 MILES N 17 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

Lava(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 003W 02,03 W2 (02); E2 (03) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE FRA CRISTOBAL RANGE ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE COUNTY LINE AND 0.5 MILES EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. WITHIN THE PEDRO ARMENDARIS NO. 33 LAND GRANT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM L.L. FARNHAM, 1961 P. 131

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES CONTAINED 9.1% TO 15.5% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.11281, 33.47038
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Extensively Fractured And Brecciated Zone Strikes North And Dips West.

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip STEEPLY WEST
    Length 365.76M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Fra Cristobal Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. V. Mendenhall And W. M. Emillio
    Home office Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kern County Land Co.
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1957 WAS ABOUT 26 TONS OF CONCENTRATES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS RANGING FROM 50 FT. TO 100 FT. LONG, UP TO 50 FT. WIDE, AND FROM 5 FT. TO 20 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030 P. 129-131

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 130

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS NARROW INTERLACING STRINGERS AND OCCASIONAL SMALL BUNCHES ALONG A MANGANIFEROUS ZONE EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 1200 FT. IN LENGTH AND UP TO 200 FT. IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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