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Dakota Group

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011904
MRDS ID D007092
Record type Site
Current site name Dakota Group
Related records 10126989

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.24837, 33.08678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1394
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES S 2 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

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 014S 004W 16 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE REPORTED TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE WILD HORSE AND LINCOLN CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.24837, 33.08678
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Silicified Fracture Zone Strikes N 45 W.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stanley Irisidio
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1954 6 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 28.8% MN WAS PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 3 OPEN CUTS; THE LARGEST BEING ABOUT 60 FT. LONG, 4 FT. WIDE, AND UP TO 20 FT. DEEP. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 121

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 121

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS AND VEINLETS ALONG FRACTURES IN A ZONE OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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