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Manganese Valley Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Manganese, Cobalt
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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. 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 10067834
MRDS ID W000694
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Manganese Valley Group: Claims, Manganese Valley, Manganese Valley Nos. 1 To 18, Pluto Nos. 0 To 15
Related records 10199169

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.59198, 32.20346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1394
Relative position ABOUT 11 MILES S 60 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

Florida Gap(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 024S 007W 19 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = FLORIDA GAP 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HEWITT AND FLEISCHER, 1960, P. 29, REPORTED COBLAT OCCURS IN SAMPLES OF MANGANESE MINERALS FROM THE LUNA AND KILLION MINES WHICH ARE ADJACENT TO THE MANGANESE VALLEY MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hollandite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.59198, 32.20346
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 20 E TO N 10 W
    Dip 65 TO 75 EAST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CRYPTOMELANE(KILLION MINE?)CARRIES 0.21% COBALT OXIDE AVERAGE, 15% MN, 0.05% CO(EST)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer J.L. Houghland
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1957
Production years UNKNOWN

Mining district

District name Little Florida Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Florida Manganese, Inc.
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. E. Sheridan, Clarion, Pa.
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1918 To 1957
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^21 To 45 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 33wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION INCLUDES CRUDE ORE AND CONCENTRATES. PRODUCTION PERIODS WERE FROM 1918 TO 1931, 1936 TO 1940, AND 1952 TO 1957. AN ADDITIONAL 1600 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED FROM ANOTHER VEIN NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN VEIN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 500,000 TO 1,000,000 LBS. COBALT GEOLOGICALLY INFERRED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS WITH FOUR WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 6000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES. MANY PITS AND TRENCHES ON SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1940, USGS BULL. 922-C, P. 55-73

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL. 55, NO. 1, TABLE 6, P. 29

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 52-55

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 129-131

  • Deposit

    EVANS, A.M., 1949 USBM RI-4536, 11 PAGES

  • Deposit

    CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-52

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 52.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS SEAMS, STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR BUNCHES IN SHOOTS WHICH HAVE BEEN STOPED FOR 200 TO 900 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND UP TO 12 FT. IN THICKNESS. 35 CLAIMS IN THE 1950'S. MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2031.
Deposit EXPLORATION ADEQUATE FOR MANGANESE INSUFFICIENT FOR CO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-72 Coury, Anny B. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-APR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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