Apache Chief Group

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011993
MRDS ID D007216
Record type Site
Current site name Apache Chief Group
Alternate or previous names Black Darling Group
Related records 10224102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.20948, 32.89956 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES S 9 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

Apache Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 004W 24 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF APACHE CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue

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) -107.20948, 32.89956

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 76.2M

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 1945

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. C. Butler
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Stone And R. C. Johnson
    Home office Salem, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • DURING WORLD WAR II ABOUT 12 TONS OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING 31% MN AND 19 TONS OF UNKNOWN GRADE WERE PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS RANGING FROM 60 FT. TO 40 FT. LONG AND UP TO 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 126

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 126

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS NARROW STRANDS AND PODS ALONG NORTHWEST STRIKING FRACTURE ZONES. THE PRINCIPAL FRACTURE IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 250 FT. IN LENGTH AND SPREADS OUT FROM THE FISSURE INTO ADJACENT ROCK AS MUCH AS 10 FT. 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 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.

External references