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Wild Horse Claim

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10011922
MRDS ID D007116
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Horse Claim
Related records 10198900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.24837, 33.09233 (WGS84)
Elevation 1410
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.75 MILES S 3 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

Palomas Gap(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 16 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM IS REPORTED TO BE WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE BLACK JACK GROUP OF CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.24837, 33.09233
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occurs Near Northeast-Striking Hot Springs Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTH-NORTHWEST
    Dip STEEPLY WESTWARD
    Thickness 1.52M

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 1953

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Malin, A. J.
    Home office El Paso, Tex.
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • KNOWN PRODUCTION AMOUNTS TO 10.6 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 38.4 % MN SHIPPED IN 1953.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 4 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, FIG. 2

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 119

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SMALL IRREGULAR PODS ALONG MINOR FRACTURES AND RANGE FROM 1 FT. TO 5 FT. THICK. 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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