| Deposit ID | 10012393 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008001 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350530033 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Negrohead Manganese Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Niggerhead Manganese Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.0567, 34.00676 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 10 MILES S 70 W OF SOCORRO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Water Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 003S | 002W | 33 | W2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Ore Body (1) | -107.0567, 34.00676 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 W |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1937 |
| Year of first production | 1945 |
| Year of last production | 1957 |
| District name | Magdalena Mountains Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | M And M Mining Co. |
| Year | 1974 |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Kremm |
| Home office | Chicago, Il. |
| Year | 1974 |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 106.68M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008001 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350530033 |
RUSSELL, P.L., AND CALHOUN, W.A., 1947 USBM RI-4084, 7 PAGES
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 167-168
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 139
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Doug Causey - Combined minor amount of information from DEP_ID 10224035 into this record and then deleted the duplicate. |
| Deposit | 10 Unpatented Claims. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.