| Deposit ID | 10013940 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010511 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wet King Manganese Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Pacheco Mine, Southside Group, Wet King Group |
| Related records | 10151344 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.62003, 32.03708 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1478 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18.25 MILES S 26 E OF DEMING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gym Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 026S | 008W | 23,24 | NE (23); NW (24) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -107.62003, 32.03708 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 W |
| Dip | 70 NE |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| Discoverer | George Ball |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Florida Mountains District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. H. Pacheco And Deming Mining Co. |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1955 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Butler, A. M. And Winslow, J. H. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1952 To 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 21.5% Mn. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010511 |
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 65-67
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 120 AND P. 128
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-58
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 66.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR AS IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND STRINGERS ALONG A NORTHWE ST STRIKING CALCITE VEIN. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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