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Ward and Consolation No. 2

Past Producer in Hidalgo 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014595
MRDS ID D011437
Record type Site
Current site name Ward and Consolation No. 2
Alternate or previous names Owl and Fuller Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.81313, 32.62511 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nichols Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
019S 019W 32,33 NW4 (33) {WARD}; SE4 OF SW (32) {CONSL #2} New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CONSL. # 2 IS 32-37-30N, 108-48-45W, AND WARD IS 32-36-45N, 108-48-45W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gila Group, Formation, or Conglomerate
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Rock District

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^21-36% And 789 Lt Of Conc. (33% Mn)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Manganese Manganese 33wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1965, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 210-214

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, MN DEPOSITS OF NM: US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, 213 P.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ALONG FAULTS IN M. TERT. BASALTIC BRECCIAS AND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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