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Bolander Prospect

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011900
MRDS ID D007087
Record type Site
Current site name Bolander Prospect
Related records 10199269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.14087, 33.29039 (WGS84)
Elevation 1364
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 13 MILES N 31 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Bluffs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S 003W 03,04,09,10 SW (03); SE (04); NE (09); NW (10) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NEAR THE COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 3, 4, 9, 10 ON THE EAST SHORE OF ELEPHANT BUTTE RESERVOIR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Santa Fe
    Rock description Santa Fe

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.14087, 33.29039
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese Was Probably Leached From The Basalt And Redeposited In The Sandstone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fra Cristobal Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bolander, A. L.
    Home office Taos, N.M.
    First year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 131

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS NARROW STRINGERS IN SANDSTONE BEDS UNDERLYING A BASALT FLOW. THE STRINGERS RANGE FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL INCHES IN WIDTH AND ARE SEPARATED BY ONE TO SEVERAL FEET OF BARREN SANDSTONE. THE STRINGERS ARE MOST ABUNDANT NEAR THE BASALT-SANDSTONE CONTACT AND GRADUALLY DISAPPEAR ABOUT 50 FEET BELOW THE BASALT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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