Wet King Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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 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

Geographic coordinates: -107.62003, 32.03708 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position ABOUT 18.25 MILES S 26 E OF DEMING.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 026S 008W 23,24 NE (23); NW (24) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT WHICH IS SHOWN AS THE PACH ECO MINE ON THE GYM PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.62003, 32.03708

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Florida Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1952 To 1955
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 21.5% Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 22wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PIT S AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 65-67

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 120 AND P. 128

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-58

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 66.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND STRINGERS ALONG A NORTHWE ST STRIKING CALCITE VEIN. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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