| Deposit ID | 10014815 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011782 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | La Cienega Manganese Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Deposit: Kinsey Manganese Prospect, La Cinega |
| Related records | 10126273 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.12474, 35.56589 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1814 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 12.8 MILES S 52 W OF SANTA FE, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Turquoise Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015N;016N;016N | 008E;008E | 05;32,31 | NW (05); SW (32) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics |
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics |
| (1) | -106.12474, 35.56589 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cienega Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trending Shear Zones And Fractures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 10.67M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1940 |
| Discoverer | L.C. Trainer And Matt Nagle |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carleton K. Rhembrandt |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Vincent Montoya |
| Home office | Santa Fe, N.M. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011782 |
KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., IN SPIEGEL, Z. AND BALDWIN, B., 1963, USGS WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1525, P. 80.
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 49-50.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, USBM IC 8030, P. 80
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS CONTAINING MANGANESE MINERALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRECCIAS OF CALC-LATITE IN THE CIENEGA AREA. OUTCROPS ARE FOUND 1,000 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE DAM AND 1300 FEET SOUTH OF THE DAM. X-RAY ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES OF VEIN MATERIAL COLLECTED JUST WEST OF THE DAM INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF PYROLUSITE IN A MATRIX OF QUARTZ, HEMATITE, AND SOME MONTMORILLONITE; THE MATRIX IS PINK (KOTTLOWSKI, 1963, P. 80). THE MANGANESE OCCURS IN INTERLACING SEAMS, NARROW STRINGERS, AND BUNCHES IN THE SHEARED AND BRECCIATED ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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