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Bear Mountain Group

Past Producer in Grant 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  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 10013458
MRDS ID D009755
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Nineteen-Sixteen Mine, Dorsey Mine: Bear Mountain Group of Claims, Bear Mountain Manganese Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.3359, 32.8315 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES N 41 W OF SILVER CITY. ABOUT 1.25 MI ESE OF BEAR MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S;017S 014W;015W 18;13 NW (18); NE (13) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN WORKINGS ON THE BEAR MOUNTAIN GROUP OF CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oswaldo Formation
    Rock description Oswaldo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.3359, 32.8315
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSES
    Strike N25E
    Dip 15-30NE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Fracture Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Fleming District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Mexico Manganese Corp. , Eugene Bruell, Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Frymire (Estate)
    Home office Silver City, N. M.
    First year 1959

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1957
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Containing 45.8% Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Manganese Manganese 46wt-pct
  • Year 1959
    Period 1916 To 1959
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade About 30% Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 30wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS ABOUT 60 FT. DEEP AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P. 42-43

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 29-31

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    DORR, J.V.N., 1965, MANGANESE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. 89TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 183-195.

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L., JR., 1919, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MAS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1979.

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 30.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN PENNSYLVANIAN OSWALDO FORMATION IN FRACTURE ZONE (N25E). LENSES ARE DISCONTINUOUS BODIES UP TO 6 FT THICK, AND SEVERAL FT LONG IN AN AREA 400 FT LONG BY 250 FT WIDE. GROUP CONSISTS OF NINE CLAIMS. FOUR CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2142 COVERING ABOUT 80 ACRES.
Deposit DATA FROM RECORD D011711 BY RON WORL, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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