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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011994
MRDS ID D007218
Record type Site
Current site name Black Magic Claim
Related records 10127126

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72227, 32.90011 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 31.75 MILES S 60 W 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

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 009W 24 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED TO BE LOCATED NORTHEAST OF AND ADJACENT TO VIOLA CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72227, 32.90011
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Fractures Strike North And East.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is Localized Along Intersecting Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chenowith, Robert G.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Schoonmaker
    Home office Kingston, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1954 ABOUT 8 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE CONTAINING 32.6% MN WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 SMALL OPENCUTS AND A SHALLOW PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 109-110

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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