| Deposit ID | 10012967 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rincon Manganese Deposits |
| Alternate or previous names | Rincon Mine, Morgan Mine: Claims, Rincon Nos. 1 To 5 Claims, Rincon Placer Claims, Lucky Strike Claims |
| Related records | 10199095 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.06225, 32.68262 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1311 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 31 MILES N 33 W OF LAS CRUCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rincon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 019S | 002W | 05 | NW OF SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hayner Ranch Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Hayner Ranch Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.06225, 32.68262 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 60 W |
| Dip | 80 SW |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Rincon District: Rincon Hills Area |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alamo Mining And Exploration Co. |
| Home office | Alamogordo, N.M. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Central Mining Co. |
| Home office | Santa Fe, N.M. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1918 To 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009006 |
WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 35-38
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 249-250
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 11-13
SEAGER, W.R., AND HAWLEY, J.W., 1973 NMBMMR BULL 101, P. 30, SHEET 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 11-12
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANGANESE OCCURS IN EIGHT OR MORE STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURES OR FRACTURES WHICH RANGE IN STRIKE FROM NORTH TO N 60 W. THE MAIN FISSURE, WHICH PRODUCED MOST OF THE ORE, STRIKES N 60 W. THE ORE SHOOTS RANGED FROM 1 FT. TO 5 FT. IN WIDTH AND FROM A FEW FEET TO 100 FT. IN LENGTH. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1952 AND THREE PLACER CLAIMS, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1788 AND 1789, WERE PATENTED IN 1919. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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