Hillside-Sierra Group

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10011908
MRDS ID D007099
Record type Site
Current site name Hillside-Sierra Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Sierra Nos. 1 To 8, Hillside Nos. 1 To 4
Related records 10126999

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.22476, 32.90262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1588
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES S 5 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

Apache Gap(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

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 016S 004W 23 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS NEAR THE BASE OF THE ESCARPMENT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Group;Sierrite Limestone
    Rock description El Paso Group;Sierrite Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.22476, 32.90262

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 9.14M

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 1943
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sierra Mining Co.
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • 86.5 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE AVERAGING 18.9 % MN WAS PRODUCED DURING 1952-1953; 12 TONS OF 31.3 % MN AND 18 TONS OF UNKNOWN GRADE WERE REPORTEDLY PRODUCED IN 1943.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND A 100 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 125-126

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, P. 199, FIG.2

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 125; AND NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SMALL PODS, IRREGULAR MASSES, STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATED PARTICLES ASSOCIATED WITH STEEPLY DIPPING, NORTHWEST STRIKING FRACTURE ZONES. DEPOSITS RANGE IN LENGTH FROM 30 FT. TO 100 FT., ARE 6 FT. TO 30 FT. WIDE, AND ARE UP TO 20 FT. THICK. 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 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.

External references