Big Pocket

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062728
MRDS ID TC36276
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pocket
Related records 10248169

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.12277, 32.04181 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 26S 08E New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.12277, 32.04181

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material MN ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^21.4% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 21wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, 176 P

  • Production

    FARNHAM (1961).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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