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Wagon Wheel and Prospect 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. 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 10012005
MRDS ID D007230
Record type Site
Current site name Wagon Wheel and Prospect Group
Related records 10247775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72643, 32.90233 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 32 MILES S 61 W 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

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 009W 24 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 2.7 ROAD MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON ON STATE ROUTE 180 JUST OFF THE HIGHWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTHWEST CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Dolomite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72643, 32.90233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike NORTH
    Dip STEEPLY WEST
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fractures Beneath Impermeable Shale Were Hosts For Mineralized Solutions.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON 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
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chenowith, Robert G.
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Schoonmaker
    Home office Kingston, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • DURING 1954 AND 1955 98.3 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 24.7% MN WAS PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 OPENCUTS AND AN INACCESSIBLE VERTICAL SHAFT. THE MAIN OPENCUT IS ABOUT 50 FT. LONG AND 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 108-109

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 108

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG A NORTH-STRIKING FRACTURE RANGING FROM 2 FT. TO 6 FT. THICK. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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