Lone Mountain Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver
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. 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 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

Geographic coordinates: -108.2145, 32.72901 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES S 47 E OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 013W 20 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE WORKINGS ON THE CORLISS CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Silver Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley Limestone
    Rock description Lake Valley Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.2145, 32.72901

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized By Fractures With Some Minor Replacement Of Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fierro Manganese Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. R. Altman And Associates
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1942 To 1955
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade About 30% Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 30wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 26-27

  • Deposit

    PRATT, W.P., 1967 USGS BULL 1241-E, P. 82-85, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1491 AND 1492 COVERING 61.931 ACRES, AND THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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