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Diamond A Prospect

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011905
MRDS ID D007093
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond A Prospect
Alternate or previous names Diamond A Ranch
Related records 10224016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.22253, 33.12844 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES DUE EAST 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

Elephant Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 004W 02 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PEDRO ARMENDARIS NO. 33 LAND GRANT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Group
    Rock description El Paso Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.22253, 33.12844
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip STEEPLY WEST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ralph Daniels
    First year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kern County Land Co.
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.
    First year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1942 30 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 35% MN WAS PRODUCED AND IN THE EARLY 1950'S 67 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE CONTAINING 27.3% MN WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS, WIDELY SEPARATED, SMALL PITS AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030 P. 114-116

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 115

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG A MAJOR NORTH-STRIKING FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONE IN WIDELY SCATTERED STRINGERS AND SMALL PODS.

Reporter information

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

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