| Deposit ID | 10097861 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009764 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lone Mountain Manganese Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tom Lyons Mine, Sweet Home Group: Patented Claims, Corliss, Sweet Home, El Campo: Unpatented Claims, Joe Nos. 1 and 2, Hilltop |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.2145, 32.72901 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1783 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 5 MILES S 47 E OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hurley West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 018S | 013W | 20 | S2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chlorargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Lake Valley Limestone |
| Rock description | Lake Valley Limestone |
| (1) | -108.2145, 32.72901 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Lone Mountain District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fierro Manganese Corp. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. R. Altman And Associates |
| First year | 1950 |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942 To 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE MN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade About 30% Mn. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009764 |
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 26-27
PRATT, W.P., 1967 USGS BULL 1241-E, P. 82-85, PLATE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 26.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1491 AND 1492 COVERING 61.931 ACRES, AND THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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