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Hilltop Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011999
MRDS ID D007223
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop Claim
Alternate or previous names Black Horse Claim
Related records 10224373

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2492, 32.86095 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES DUE SOUTH 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

McLeod Tank(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 017S 004W 04 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED TO BE LOCATED ABOUT 0.75 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE OLD CAMPSITE ON THE LORRAINE GROUP OF CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

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) -107.2492, 32.86095
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip STEEPLY NE

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 Both
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 Owner-Operator
    Owner J. B. Johnson And C.R. Buckelem
    Home office Salem, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • THE DEPOSIT PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SORTED MANGANESE ORE DURING WORLD WAR II.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 OPENCUTS AND A 35 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WHICH WAS INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 127

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 127

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR PODS IN SEVERAL NORTHWEST-STRIKING FRACTURES. 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

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