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Pine Group

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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012001
MRDS ID D007226
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Group
Related records 10126882

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.71921, 32.90983 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 32 MILES S 62 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 13 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT A MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON, ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE AND NEAR THE CREST OF A PROMINENT MOUNTAIN ABOUT 800 FT. ABOVE KINGSTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.71921, 32.90983
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

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 Milton Benjamin
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner B. C. Franklin
    Home office Kingston, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1954 21.3 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 22.3% MN WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P110-111

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 110

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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